Uncertainty is a core tenet of science — researchers should be supported so they can communicate it with confidence to the ...

Humanity is lucky to reside on a planet circling a star with plentiful radiation, illuminating the world around us in ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is carrying a science experiment designed by three Community College of Allegheny County students.

What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process ...

It’s all part of an ambitious effort, aided by new science and new tools for analysis, to help us understand, better than ever, how we age and how we can live healthier for longer. Inside the ...

Science sleuths work tirelessly to uncover this misconduct to correct the scientific record. But their job is becoming harder ...

Today’s AI largely lives in computers, but acting and reacting in the real world — that’s the realm of robots. In this week’s episode, co-host Steven Strogatz talks with pioneering roboticist Daniela ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers ... Laser Measurements to ...

A friend from Serbia, who ascended the heights of academe and lectured at Tulane University, said his father told him, “Don’t ...

Distrust in science and facts has always been around. Whether it was the debate about evolution or the age of the Earth, when science and belief are in conflict, people tend to lean into discrediting ...