While rarely explicitly taught to scientists in training, a set of common values guides science in the quest to advance…
Your personal privacy depends on your awareness, tech controls that allow you to decide what to share, and public policies…
Many of the world’s best and brightest STEM researchers have long moved to the US. But now that brain gain is at risk…
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’…
Over the next few days, astronomers will pull together evidence to determine whether the object is a comet.
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Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the…
A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging – and why the process…
How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental…
Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack…
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay…
Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.
The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.
Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to…
A study found that viewing news of a cyberattack lowered voter trust in election integrity – even when the voter’s candidate…
Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of…
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo…
Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact…
Not only do mitochondria serve as the engine of the cell – they also act as watchtowers for the immune system.
Supply-chain decoupling doesn’t stop rival nations from hacking each other and can make it worse. A cyber-espionage expert…