Science has given us vaccines, life-saving medical treatments, technological advances, and a deeper understanding of human behavior. And yet, despite these undeniable contributions, public distrust of ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. In April, I reported on the fight for Antarctica and the ...

In December 2016, a flurry of headlines declared that “flashing lights could treat Alzheimer’s disease,” based on a single mouse study 1. The research was widely amplified by the media. But within a ...

Anupam B. Jena is a physician and economist at Harvard Medical School, co-author of Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health, and host of the ...

Against all the evidence of horrific, devastating weather around us, climate change is still a “hoax.” A measles outbreak sparked by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists now extends beyond Texas to 34 ...

Left to right: Jace Kuske, Sabrina Mederos, and John Paulus from the Bales Lab viewing brains on a microscope slide to study the biology behind love (called "pair bonding" in non-human animals). (Evan ...

The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Is there a scientific ...

How to support robust science reporting — plus, ISRO and NASA launch a satellite to map Earth, and glowing nanoparticles target cancer with precision. How to support robust science reporting — plus, ...