President Joe Biden, in the waning days of his administration, has decided to plant a flag for stronger climate action for ...

In commerce it is found in a peculiar state of aggregation, incorrectly said to be crystall-ized|; the quality of the starch is often judged and determined by the appearance of these columnar ...

In a broader context, the findings for math are less surprising. Girls earn better math grades than boys, for instance.

Unless we pursue AI carefully, the Nobel committee will one day give a Peace Prize to the people cleaning up its terrible ...

“The Quantum Observer,” by Anil Ananthaswamy [July/August], notes that outcomes in quantum mechanics depend on observations and asks whether the observer must be a human being. It seems very ...

Things have been tumultuous lately on Earth. Donald Trump will soon be sworn in as U.S. president, wars are raging, and ecosystems are at risk of collapsing. Many aspects of life feel unpredictable.

Life on our planet has experienced many mass extinctions over its 4.5 billion years. Scientists see evidence for at least five major episodes that eradicated creatures great and small. And many ...

“The most puzzling aspect of the recent discovery of a new kind of subnuclear particle at two high-energy-­physics laboratories is the particle’s extra­ordinarily long lifetime of 10 –20 ...

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