The Present

Plan S is starting to take hold, but the cost is merely shifting even more to the researchers.

Research from MIT’s School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative found making college more affordable cut dropout rates and boosted degree attainment.

A deeper appreciation for science and less unnecessary spending could be in our future.

Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government’s approach.

“The function of private media is to make money for the people who own the media. It is a business,” Sanders said.

Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?

Can we ever make energy efficient AI?

For too many people, a poor education is a destructive barrier in their lives—a source of limitation rather than opportunity. Together, we can change this.

An important step toward figuring out our space station future.

Google’s “Year in Search 2020” results reveal a year when “why” was searched more than ever.

The 2020 election cycle is not yet as wild as the 1876 election that made Rutherford B. Hayes president.

Humans churn out about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of material every year.

Carbon dating allows us to know exactly when ice was melted for drinking water in pre-Columbian America.

A new look at existing data by LSU researchers refutes the Trump administration’s claims.

The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.

Gun violence is a public health crisis that is notoriously difficult to study because of politics. Finally, a new research initiative has the green light to collect life-saving data.

The pieces don’t represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.

Here’s why you may want to opt-out of Amazon’s new shared network.

The rush to clean up outer space has begun.

New research spotlights how low-income Black households face greater financial distress and vulnerability as a result of the pandemic economic crisis.

“Our mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035,” said Patrick O. Brown at the 2020 Web Summit.

Singapore has approved the sale of a lab-grown meat product in an effort to secure its food supplies against disease and climate change.

A new study finds that some people just want privacy.

A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.

What is human dignity? Here’s a primer, told through 200 years of great essays, lectures, and novels.

Apple sold its first iPod in 2001, and six years later it introduced the iPhone, which ushered in a new era of personal technology.

The next era in American history can look entirely different. It’s up to us to choose.

Australian researchers figure out a new way to apply extreme pressure and squeeze out diamonds.

Can passenger airships make a triumphantly ‘green’ comeback?

Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.