Done properly, peer review requires that journals fulfill their role as knowledge custodians, rather than being mere knowledge distributors.
Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.
The placebo effect is not the “power of positive thinking.” The fact that it is getting stronger is not a good development.
When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.
Even with leap years and long-term planning, our calendar won’t be good forever. Here’s why, and how to fix it.
New ideas inevitably face opposition. A new book called “The Human Element” argues that overcoming opposition requires understanding the concepts of “Fuel” and “Friction.”
A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.
Next year is the perfect time to have better conversations!
Developing an awareness of and an appreciation for science is what we all truly need, not what we’ve been doing.
A divergence in mortality rates between U.S. states suggests that public health policy plays a substantial role in how long people live.
On larger and larger scales, many of the same structures we see at small ones repeat themselves. Do we live in a fractal Universe?
In determining what qualifies as solid science, controversy is inevitable.
The surface and atmosphere is colored by ferric oxides. Beneath a very thin layer, mere millimeters deep in places, it’s not red anymore.
One day, we could fly across the U.S. in half an hour. A state-of-the-art hypersonic flight testing facility at UTSA could help make that dream a reality.
The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.
Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren’t sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.
Just don’t expect the apocalypse to look like it does in the movies.
We know it couldn’t have began from a singularity. So how small could it have been at the absolute minimum?
Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of “bad faith” through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
We don’t know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the Universe, we can be assured of one thing: We are the only human beings in the cosmos.
A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
With launch, deployment, calibration, and science operations about to commence, here are 10 facts that are absolutely true.
A small, Seattle-based study will look to see if the psychedelic can alleviate the pandemic’s mental health impact.
Opponents of America’s entry into the looming Second World War believed the U.S. would be dismembered.
Or you might just be a Leo.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.