The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

Had they included just one of Tony Hoare’s achievements, many scientific careers would be considered prestigious enough. His had a long list, unfortunately closed by his passing away at the age of 92 ...

Over a century ago, Ernest Rutherford discovered the proton by splitting the atom in a laboratory in Manchester. Today, researchers based in Manchester have discovered a new particle that Rutherford ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...

Political scientist Joseph Uscinski, a professor at the University of Miami, talks about conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Uscinski’s research has found that conspiracy theories are ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new signal coming from an exploding star — a “chirp” that speeds up over time, similar to the signals seen when black holes collide. The unusual pattern appeared ...

Many people who don’t believe one conspiracy theory about that station—known as the High-frequency Active Auroral Research ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Data science deepens understanding of natural and social phenomena and informs decision‑making through analysis of diverse data types using mathematical and computational methods. Since ...

The scale of the simulations on Frontier has reached such a point that we are within reach of experiments as far as the range of scales that can be simulated numerically or can be made to happen in ...

Challenging the dominant view of learning as abstract content internalization, Situated Learning Theory (SLT) reframed learning as a socially mediated, context-bound process and gained influence by ...

NFL players have been lighting up their agents this postseason with questions about one of the league’s iconic franchises. But rather than wondering about the team’s performance or culture, they have ...