Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

AN ENDLESS stream of new discoveries makes science thrilling. But, as any seasoned researcher knows, such novelties are worthless unless they can be replicated. Often, though, replication does not get ...

Researchers have shed new light on the construction of a giant prehistoric stone tomb revealing it be a "unique example of creative genius and early science" among Neolithic societies. The findings, ...

It is a project that has taken years, but the eye-popping new Science and Engineering Complex at Harvard University has recently been completed. This is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to ...

The co-founder of SCIMaP looks at the year of NIH cuts — and what they say about the future of American research.

The successful launch of Macao Science-1 satellites, the first space science satellite program jointly developed by the Chinese mainland and Macao, owes much to the strong support of scientists and ...

The vaccine debate is the latest example of how our coronavirus choices are inescapably political. By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist One of many regrettable features of the Trump era is the way that ...

When leaders mirror Stalin by promoting false dogma, we must defend evidence-based reason. Lives depend on it.