Should police be able to use cellphone records to track suspects – and law-abiding citizens?
How do scientists predict volcanic eruptions? To do so with accuracy, they need to know the individual volcano and its history…
If autonomous vehicles are going to be safer than human drivers, they'll need to improve their ability to perceive and…
Precisely calibrated timekeepers are found in organisms from all domains of life. Biologists are studying how they influence…
Companies and governments should do more to prevent 'revenge porn' without asking potential victims to send their…
Holiday retail sales may boom this year – and the lion's share will not be online purchases. Yet brick-and-mortar…
Today's news can often involve mind-bogglingly large numbers. A math professor shares some tricks for understanding…
Many online communities have developed toxic social norms, including sexist tendencies, that they will need to address as…
Pavlov’s drooling dogs hold the key to understanding many of our most important emotional experiences – as well as the…
Silicon Valley brought together natural surroundings, suburban homes and futuristic high-tech work. But industrial pollution…
The Nov. 12 earthquake wasn't centered on any known major faults in the Earth's crust. In its wake, scientists will…
Remember that story about the molecule found in turkey that makes you drowsy? Research shows it's a myth – tryptophan…
The way people use social media – and the algorithms inside those systems – increases passions, and drives people to…
The FCC has made it even easier for broadcast media conglomerates to focus on making money. The public – who own the airwaves…
Caring about someone you have never met, this new brain research suggests, may have a lot in common with caring about the…
The technologies change, but the challenge remains the same: How can a digital system authenticate an analog human's…
Science isn't cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes…
With a year before Election Day 2018, election integrity depends on ensuring fairness and access for American voters. Foreign…
A new approach can both teach critical thinking to the public and help identify and combat fake news online.
An ancient sexual conflict over mitochondrial inheritance may be responsible for the evolution of the two sexes as we know…