Scientists have developed a new AI method that can work backward from patterns to uncover the hidden processes driving them.

The venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft is one step closer to the end of its scientific road. NASA turned off one of its three remaining operational instruments last Friday to save power after the ...

THE VITAL importance of vaccines is most apparent when they fall short. The covid-19 pandemic showed how quickly a new virus can spread while scientists race to catch up with jabs. Fast-evolving ...

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Lewis Terman, a Stanford University psychologist, was a pioneer in I.Q. testing. His revisions of the Stanford-Binet test helped it become a widespread tool for measuring general intelligence.

On Friday, a judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the law in forming its Climate Working Group, which released a report that was intended to undercut the rationale behind greenhouse gas ...

Re “If Science Keeps Changing, Why Trust It?,” by Elay Shech (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 7): Professor Shech offers a thoughtful argument for what he calls “disciplined trust” in science, a position ...

Just a few days ago, I met up with a couple of friends at a coffee shop, and together we set up our habit-tracking journals for the next 75 days. The table was covered with notebooks, pens, and lattes ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for crystals to form on our stick in the cup of blue solution. Other groups around us jumped with joy when their crystals formed ...

Dinosaurs 'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs Planet Earth Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! 13 surprising ...

In our increasingly digital and fast-paced world, many people are rediscovering an ancient remedy for modern stress: gardening. What our ancestors may have known intuitively is now being confirmed by ...