Yet I believe that change is possible. One way to improve Americans’ trust in experts may be to stimulate their curiosity in science. Those who express elevated interest in new discoveries ...

Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage in basic science. The five winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes ...

AI-generated summaries not only improved public comprehension of science but also enhanced how people perceived scientists. I used a popular large language model, GPT-4 by OpenAI, to create simple ...

Nov. 16, 2024 — Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier ...

Science laboratories across disciplines--chemistry, biochemistry and materials science--are on the verge of a sweeping transformation as robotic automation and AI lead to faster and more precise ...

Science in the United States has never been stronger by most measures. Over the past five years, the nation has won more scientific Nobel prizes than the rest of the world combined — in line ...

A study trumpeting the value of applying rigorous standards to scientific research was retracted, in part because the authors didn’t follow their own advice. In the sprawling project, scientists ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

It is hard to mend a broken heart, but in a few years doctors might be able to do essentially that. Scientists are closing in on ways to help patients grow new heart muscle after a heart attack ...

Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewater recycling and the science of a baseball mud bath in this week’s news roundup. In medieval times, astrology was ...

Health science majors study health and disease in the human body. Students in this major are prepared to work in a variety of health-related careers and pursue graduate-level education.

Ira Flatow is joined by Umair Irfan, senior correspondent at Vox, to catch up on this and other science stories of the week, including new data on rising alcohol consumption, why Voyager 2 got an ...