When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side down or how ducks stay dry. But these quirky experiments often lead to ...

The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had l ...

Certain populations of sargassum have plummeted in abundance over the past ten years, raising alarm for marine ecosystems ...

It’s hard enough for most of us to predict what we’re having for dinner tonight, much less how the the world will look in ...

Earn your Master of Science in Security Studies at UMass Lowell and gain the expertise to lead in cybersecurity, infrastructure protection and protection against weapons of mass destruction. Master of ...

Two separate studies published today in the journals Science and Nature arrived at the same conclusion: AI chatbots can be ...

Studies that can't be verified and may be untrue are much more likely to be cited in the media because they tend to be more interesting, researchers report. They looked at studies in top psychology, ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Educators think it’s important to teach science and social studies to ...

What do the Loch Ness monster, frozen poop and shape-shifting goo have in common? Scientists delved into the nitty-gritty science behind these oddities and came up with some pretty zany experiments.