Reaction to a recent Pew survey on the public’s trust in science shows that the scientific community is not ready to address ...

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The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and ...

A new study published on December 18 in Nature offers a way to explain that 150-million-year gap. Computer modeling and ...

Enjoy the two new columns in this issue: a crossword by Aimee Lucido that features clues related to articles in the issue and ...

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

The proof that the Apéry constant is irrational remains one of the most bizarre events in the history of mathematics ...

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

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The brain is sometimes called the most complex machine in the known universe. But the thoughts that it outputs putter along ...