The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment has detected a rare particle interaction that looks unusually difficult to explain as ordinary ...

Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice released its first batch of files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among the thousands of images was one video clip, the ...

Until recently, the number of citizen scientists in Australia was estimated at between 100,000 and 130,000 people. But this is a major underestimate. My survey of about 20 key organisations suggests ...

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

According to the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), which analyzes gender in news, only 26 percent of the people seen, heard, or spoken about in the news are women. Merryn McKinnon, a science ...

Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to ...

AI has already proved itself a valuable scientific tool. Could it take on a more central role in the research process? AI companies frequently invoke the possibility of AI-enabled scientific discovery ...

Every medication in your cabinet, every material in your phone's battery, and virtually every compound that makes modern life work started as a molecular guess, with scientists hypothesizing that a ...

Inside the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say they’re under pressure to alter safety reviews of chemicals commonly found in consumer products like household ...

Scientists have become more visible in climate debates, engaging in public communication, policy advice, open letters, political demonstrations and even civil disobedience. Scientists who speak out on ...