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America is awesome at science. For as long as most of us have been alive, United States scientists have published more ...

Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi hosts Particles of Thought, a new science podcast with leading experts on space, biology and discovery from GBH and the producers of NOVA.

The Ig Nobels were founded in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor of satirical magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Previous ...

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At a time when stories of layoffs linked to AI are becoming common, OpenAI’s Codex product lead Alexander Embiricos has advised students not to shy away from studying computer science. Instead, he ...

Republicans have historically funded a lot of science, new research shows. President Trump might be bucking that trend.

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in ...

Ever caught yourself mid-dream and thought, 'Wait, this isn’t real'? That mind-bending moment is lucid dreaming and science ...

Is time something that flows — or just an illusion? Exploring space-time as either a fixed “block universe” or a dynamic fabric reveals deeper mysteries about existence, change, and the very nature of ...