New photography book encourages us to look for science everywhere.

From mini-brains and spider-inspired gloves to edible wolf apple coatings and microplastic-filled retinas, scientists are ...

Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side ...

A conversation with the trailblazing computer scientist, who is on a mission to augment human care with the latest in AI and ...

Last week, Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were honoured with The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in English, Chinese or European languages. In comparison, African ...

Debunked ideas don’t stop being dangerous once they’re debunked. They return when conditions make them useful again — ...

On a sunny day in the fall of 2024, I was surrounded by what’s best described as controlled chaos. After 30 minutes of reviewing the protocols for collecting and recording data about Pacific mole ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. 3D printers have come a long way since the days of producing flimsy ...

Most scientific data never fuel the discoveries they should. For every 100 datasets created, around 80 remain in the lab, 20 are shared but rarely reused, fewer than two meet FAIR standards, and only ...

As the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, my job was to protect both public health and the environment, including protecting Americans from toxic exposures. In that ...