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Juries that don't understand forensic science can send innocent people to...
Jurors tend to rely heavily on forensic testimony, even when they don't understand it.andresr/E+ via Getty ImagesLedura Watkins was 19 years old when he was accused of murdering a public school...
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Tropical climates are the most biodiverse on Earth − but it's not only...
Natural selection can get to work in isolated locations.Birger Strahl/Unsplash, CC BYLife exists in every conceivable environment on Earth, from the peaks of towering mountains to the remote stretches...
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Just 3 Nobel Prizes cover all of science – how research is done today poses a...
Has the Nobel Prize category 'chemistry' morphed into 'biochemistry'?picture alliance via Getty ImagesI’ve been primarily an experimental chemist – the kind of person who goes into the laboratory and...
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From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no simple task
Schools have more to manage than just their educational strategies.10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesParents send their children to school to learn, and they don’t want to worry about whether...
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AI disinformation is a threat to elections − learning to spot Russian,...
The intersection of politics and social media is fertile ground for AI-powered disinformation.AP Photo/John MinchilloElections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one...
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Psychedelics plus psychotherapy can trigger rapid changes in the brain − new...
New research hints at how psychedelics can trigger rapid, lasting change.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe human brain can change– but usually only slowly and with great effort, such as when...
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How do astronomers know the age of the planets and stars?
Astronomers can estimate ages for stars outside the Solar System, but not planets.Corbis Historical via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like...
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Navigating the risks and benefits of AI: Lessons from nanotechnology on...
The course of nanotechnology, like the carbon nanotubes in this laboratory, has been guided by many stakeholders.VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesTwenty years ago, nanotechnology was the artificial intelligence...
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Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – mRNA research...
Basic research often involves lab work that won't be appreciated until decades down the line.Sebastian Condrea/Moment via Getty ImagesThe 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin...
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Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive a century after a Nobel...
Photograph of the first Solvay Conference in 1911 at the Hotel Metropole. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes is standing third from the right.Benjamin Couprie/Wikimedia CommonsOn April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist...
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Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people's...
A message like this should pop up on your phone on Oct. 4, 2023.Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third...
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What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind...
Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around. Oselote/iStock via Getty ImagesA group of three researchers earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for work...
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Cell death is essential to your health − an immunologist explains when cells...
Programmed cell death such as apoptosis is a common stage of cellular life.Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesLiving cells work better than dying cells, right? However, this is not...
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China's WeChat is all-encompassing but low-key − a Chinese media scholar...
WeChat aims to be everything to everyone but remain mostly in the background.Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesElon Musk’s vision of Twitter, now rebranded as X, as an “everything app” is no secret. When the X...
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Making 'movies' at the attosecond scale helps researchers better understand...
Attosecond light pulses help researchers understand the movement of electrons. Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, CC BY-SAElectrons moving around in a molecule might not seem like the...
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Quantum dots are part of a revolution in engineering atoms in useful ways –...
Flasks of quantum dots fluorescing over the Nobel Prize announcement.Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry isn’t thefirst Nobelawarded forresearch innanotechnology....
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How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn't fresh discovered...
George De Hevesy working in his lab at Stockholm University in 1944. Keystone Features/Hulton Archive via Getty ImagesEach October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific...
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Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won't harm your health in...
Many cultures integrate hot peppers into traditional dishes. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, FileEveryone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn, while others can’t take the heat....
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Cancer in kids is different from cancer in grown-ups – figuring out how could...
Cancer in children is often more invasive and aggressive than that of adults.FatCamera/E+ via Getty ImagesCancer arises when cells accumulate enough damage to change their normal behavior. The...
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Your immune system makes its own antiviral drug − and it's likely one of the...
Blocking viruses from replicating their RNA is one way antivirals work.CROCOTHERY/iStock via Getty Images PlusAntiviral drugs are generally considered to be a 20th century invention. But recent...
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