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No matter how long it's been since your school days, learning is a lifelong activity, and science trivia is a great way to keep those synapses firing. Whether you're skilled at seismology, have a ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

A dedicated ornithologist with a passion for lightning bugs scours bogs and beaches to discover previously unknown species By Madeline Bodin Photographs by Karine Aigner Christopher Heckscher, ...

Our annual look at the world’s leading cities for research output in Nature Index journals shows China’s major urban centres are moving from strength to strength, but they are now also being joined by ...

The science section will now be optional on the ACT exam, and the exam duration will be decreased, the organizationannounced earlier this week. The writing section was made optional in 2005. Students ...

To biologists, a "species" is the fundamental unit of categorization for life on Earth and a key tool for protecting living creatures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Plasma, making up 99% of the visible universe, exists predominantly in stars and space. It forms when electrons detach from atoms, creating ions and free electrons, a state that can conduct ...

May 17, 2024 • As part of our series on "the Science of Siblings," we looked at how some brothers and sisters are best friends. Here are some of the stories you shared of close ties with siblings.

Nanoscience is the science of the incredibly small — sizes that only the most high-tech of high-tech microscopes can see. It is one of the hottest topics in all of science, touching on physics, ...

A theme at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was the perceived need to “accelerate breakthroughs in research and technology.” Some of this framing was motivated by ...