Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological…
When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had…
While direct evidence of multiple universes is hard to come by, indirect evidence raises intriguing possibilities.
Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models…
The administration plans to activate a committee with the power to override the Endangered Species Act. There’s a reason…
The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that’s now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise…
Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust,…
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy…
Conducting military strikes against a nation that is engaged in negotiations to reduce its nuclear capacity has set a dangerous…
A chemical signature in a lunar rock offers new insights into what early oxygen conditions were like on the Moon.
Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can – in terms of technical achievements…
An anthropologist of religion shows how Coptic Christians navigate two competing realities: the narrative of Christian persecution…
President Donald Trump’s relationship with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is complicated by the US administration’s…
With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas changed the face of science and opened the world’s eyes to how similar humans…
The backlash reveals a strain of snobbery that confuses manufactured fun with a lack of meaning and authenticity.
What began as a tool to identify threats to national security is becoming a surveillance infrastructure that can be used…
Countries don’t just switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Each takes its own path, depending on its economy,…
The verdicts in a case against Meta and another against Meta and Google have the potential to change how social media works…