Readers are spoiled for choice when it comes to popular science reading this month, with new titles by major names including ...

Serendipitous observations have shaped science for centuries. What happens to such discoveries when the academic atmosphere leaves no room for detours?

For many years, like most of my peers, I thought that science was part of the solution. More knowledge and innovation would allow societies to adapt to and mitigate environmental damage. That belief ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to ...

Atmospheric science is rapidly evolving as new technologies, analytical tools, and theoretical frameworks enhance our ...

Scientific studies on conversion therapy show that it’s harmful and ineffective. All major medical and psychological associations oppose it. Every major medical and mental health organization opposes ...

Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

An old adage tells us that pressure can burst a pipe, but pressure can also make a diamond. It’s a soothing creed for life’s tumult. It applied most directly to me during my past life as a ...

At the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, everything from ancient Egyptian textiles to kingfisher feathers can be explored through science-based experiments. “An artwork is never just an ...

Much of what keeps science accurate, ethical, and usable is done by women and girls—and because it doesn’t look like a breakthrough, it rarely counts as one. Science loves a clean story. A single mind ...

From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of ...

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