Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take a broad survey of space and use it to create a map of the universe.
Each day in the control room of the Curiosity rover is jam-packed with important scientific decisions, as a NASA project…
Meta’s settlement calls for several key design changes to protect teens, but how the states will verify and enforce the…
Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target…
Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt…
The vast majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant. But American propaganda and scientific biases have…
Terms that are direct analogs to sexual intercourse are widely used to describe connector ends, but the language is evolving…
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state…
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
Energy transfer is the secret ingredient that makes iced tea a particularly refreshing drink on a hot day.
Protein powders and protein-fortified versions of all manner of foods line grocery store shelves. But just because something…
Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and…
A long bath in brine is how deli meat gets its taste, texture and shelf life.
Millions of people suffer from debilitating symptoms their doctors don’t quite believe. But advances in neuroscience and…
Interstellar maps can help scientists find patterns that tell them about fundamental chemical processes in the cosmos.
Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse.
Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before…