What you remember of your last meal affects when and how much you eat next time around. Neuroscientists have now identified…
Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.
Setting aside personal hardships for workers who don't see a paycheck during the shutdown, the research enterprise itself…
Researchers found that aggressive messaging and framing current events as a 'war on science' had different effects…
As the number of 'internet of things' devices expands rapidly, so do security vulnerabilities to homes, businesses,…
In the space beyond Earth's atmosphere, countries are focusing on nationalist pursuits and ignoring the consequences…
A new theory of language suggests that people understand words by unconsciously simulating what they describe. Repeated…
European countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confronted Russian disinformation…
Feel like visiting another star system or dimension? You can do this by traveling through a spacetime portal of a black…
Manufacturing errors, undetected by inexpert consumers, may be more dangerous than other threats from 3D-printed guns.
Museums' collections are a priceless resource for scientists, but they're not easy to access. Digitizing specimens…
Eight decades after missing aviator Amelia Earhart was declared dead, technologies still don't quite track every airplane…
China just became the first country to land a probe on the far side of the moon. It's a technological achievement and…
Many of the crop plants that feed us waste 20 percent of their energy, especially in hot weather. Plant geneticists prove…
A new study shows that facial recognition software assumes that black faces are angrier than white faces, even when they're…
Decades of work with lab rats lead to suggestions on how to stay grounded in the here and now, with benefits for brain health.
Protect yourself from hackers, trolls, bots, social media executives and programmers in need of ethics training.
An evolutionary biologist makes the case that there's no reconciling science and religion. In the search for truth,…
Researchers are exploring genetic forms of population control called gene drives that spread traits faster that happens…
Major advances in computing technology could break most modern encryption – but not for at least a few years.