A t first, it looked like a paradigm of science done right. A group of behavioral scientists had repeated the same experiments over and over in separate labs, following the same rigorous methods, and ...
New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...
Scientists could win back trust lost during the COVID-19 pandemic if they just showed a little intellectual humility, according to a study published Monday in Nature Human Behavior. It’s no secret ...
The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences ...
Long ago, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their modern human blood came mostly from their ...
Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.
An international mathematics and science assessment showed that fourth-grade students achieve higher math scores when they attend more affluent schools, feel a strong sense of belonging at school, ...
The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...
Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect? In a new study published in Citizen Science: Theory ...
Space engineers work on the NASA IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., on Aug. 28, 2025. Editor at Large If ...
“Can you imagine eating toxic waste for breakfast?” Science magazine asked in a 2010 press release touting a newly discovered microbe controversially claimed to “live and grow entirely off arsenic.” ...
Western tanagers are migratory birds that are present in Northern California in the spring and again in late summer. A new study shows that observations by 'citizen scientists' using apps such as ...