Pressure to ‘publish or perish’ and get results out as quickly as possible has led to weak study designs and shortened…
Many children’s educational shows undergo pre-screening to make sure each episode delivers its intended message. Adult…
Satellite photography of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows block after block of destroyed buildings. Satellite radar provides…
Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but…
The Nobel Prize-winning Luria−Delbrück experiment showed that random mutations in bacteria can allow them to develop…
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While…
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how…
On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers…
Russia isn’t likely to put nuclear missiles in space, but their reported anti-satellite weapon is just as alarming. An…
Drones have dominated images of the war in Ukraine, but an expert on drone warfare casts doubt on many of the grand claims…
Both men have faced criticism about what can appear to be obvious signs of aging, including questions about their memory…
The organisms living in your gut microbiome can influence your mental and physical health. Researchers have developed a…
Artificial intelligence systems that can handle the pressure of high-speed auto racing could lead to driverless vehicles…
Robots often have a hard time navigating through debris, but robots designed based on worms and snakes could move around…
Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield…
Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating…
Tech companies are offering AI companions as a convenient cure for the loneliness epidemic, but there have been other forms…
Words have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to describe your relationships with other people can shape…