Science should be thought of as a method of inquiry, not a corpus of dogma. When a skeptic is dismissed as a purveyor of “misinformation,” this shift marks the death of genuine science. Editor's note: ...

Claims that the “the science isn’t settled” with regard to climate change are symptomatic of a large body of ignorance about how science works. So what is the scientific method, and why do so many ...

From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields—formally called thermal protection systems—are critical for protecting ...

It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what's a comfortable sleeping temperature.

Around the turn of the 6th century B.C., beside the Aegean Sea in the city of Miletus, the first Greek philosopher concluded that “all is water.” His name was Thales. His pupil, Anaximander, disagreed ...

Struggling with fad diets and quick fixes? Research scientist Anant Agarwal reveals the science-backed way to lose weight and shed kilos effectively.

A way to electrically modify the chirality of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, in which chiral molecules adsorb onto ...

NUS researchers have developed a vapor-deposition method that dramatically improves the long-term and high-temperature ...

Data science is a method to glean insights from structured and unstructured data using approaches ranging from statistical analysis to machine learning (ML). For most organizations, it’s employed to ...