AI supercharges discovery; Nye and Afeyan warn U.S. anti-science cuts threaten health, competitiveness, future today.

In his annual letter, Flagship Pioneering’s Noubar Afeyan lays out a choice between near-term “human-made miracles” and a ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

Diagnoses of depression, one of the most common mental disorders, increased by nearly 50% between 1990 and 2017, according to ...

Avocados occupy a distinctive position in modern nutrition research. They are fruits, yet unlike most fruits, they are ...

Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional ...

Most economists subscribe to a belief in “positive economics,” which means that economic theory flows from economic data.

Ancient DNA has been pulled from a permafrost-preserved woolly mammoth found in Siberia, and scientists are thrilled. They ...

X-ray tomography is a powerful tool that enables scientists and engineers to peer inside of objects in 3D, including computer ...

The root cause of medical startup failure is not a lack of resources or regulatory complexity, but how founders, boards and investors make decisions.

Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the ...