For centuries, scientists had the wrong idea about what birds did to survive the winter. Then, in 1822, the truth revealed ...

Mirror life, a concept involving synthetic organisms with reversed molecular structures, carries significant risks despite ...

Afraid saying 'no' will damage employee relationships? Research says this is the right way to say 'no' and still maintain trust.

"Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also ...

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Anyone tempted to ascribe the nighttime sightings of aircraft to alien intelligence ought to be dissuaded by the vast scale ...

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With carbon emissions continuing to grow exponentially, the key to unlocking a greener world could lie in the feeding (and ...

Each year we dedicate the final issue of Science News to reviewing the big stories in science, technology and medicine. And each year, I marvel at the many ...

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.

Researchers worldwide are applying artificial intelligence as a tool in scienctific study, including Aranyak Goswami, who uses data to improve production of healthier farm animals such as chickens, ...