New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can hel
Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver…
Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver…
Is time real, or an illusion? The best answer may be neither: Both physics and philosophy suggest that time is a projection…
Down syndrome results in changes to the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain. Delivering a specific protein…
Moving tiny particles through materials quickly can improve the efficiency of a variety of technologies.
Motion data is well known for improving athletic performance and rehab. Thanks to AI, it’s also turning motion into another…
A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long…
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should…
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration…
Breweries nationwide create waste at several stages of the beer-making process. Repurposing parts of this waste could improve…
How people talk about data privacy can overcome – or reinforce – their skepticism that things can change.
Radio astronomy opened up the universe for scientists. They could map new elements across galaxies and also search for signals…
Cylinder seals were intimately tied to their owner, showcasing their identity, beliefs and social status.
The Trump administration is not just reforming the US research system – it is trying to remake it.
Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased.
The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration…
Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.
One similarity between people who seek to reinforce gender binary and those who seek to expand beyond it is the idea that…
Whichever side of an issue you’re on, it’s likely that at the root of what gets you fired up are deep, fundamental human…
Tardigrades make a unique damage suppressor protein that researchers are working to harness for medicine, space, agriculture,…
The US doesn’t currently have much ability to monitor what’s going on in the space around the Moon. An effort by the…