Discoveries of molecules in space that suggest extraterrestrial life are exciting, but they need to be taken with a grain…
You can feel wet when you can see water and when you can’t see water. You can also feel dry even when there’s a lot…
A food chemist explains how black garlic is made, and how its health benefits are promising but still under-researched.
People who interacted with different AI chatbots in a study didn’t realize the bots were including veiled advertising…
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies…
In an urbanized and globalized world, most kids aren’t directly connected to agriculture. School gardens can help them…
Retailers are racing to hand your shopping over to AI. Consumers are right to be wary – and not just about privacy.
Genetics may only partially determine a newborn’s risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. Screening umbilical cord blood could…
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested…
The placebo effect is more than just mental – it’s a biological system that can measurably improve a patient’s symptoms.…
Pulling together the results of 40 experiments done by different teams over decades, researchers found that infant boys…
Science itself isn’t ‘truth,’ but it is an activity with the goal of getting closer to the truth.
When people know someone used AI to write a message, they see the person as lazy or insincere.
Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.…
It would take hours to set up the perfect shot at the Texas Petawatt Laser facility. Once it fired, the beam released an…
One-way attack drones have changed the face of the Russia-Ukraine war and give Iran a boost in countering US and Israeli…
Bacteria don’t quietly die when exposed to antibiotics – they actively respond in ways that in turn change how your…
Atomic clocks undergird modern timekeeping. A nuclear clock could be even more precise.
Estimates of artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs and the economy range from the apocalyptic to the utopian, but the…
A new mapping tool allows local governments, conservation groups and landowners to understand how their land-use decisions…