The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way into the data of experiments not designed to spot them. Two experiments, ...

After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. And its findings suggest that like research in the social sciences, cancer ...

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...

No one can question the impact of science on human civilization, and the importance of experimentation in science is equally undeniable. Some experiments confirm what we already know, others suggest a ...

Every 20 years under the cover of darkness, scientists dig up seeds that were stashed 142 years ago beneath a college campus. By Cara Giaimo On Thursday morning, several hours before sunrise, Marjorie ...

The US National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to PoLARIS, an AI-powered robotic laboratory built by the ...

Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell's former wife has revealed the secret experiment he conducted in space and the mysterious ...

Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...