Research, Space & Discovery
September 1, 2026 Children's picture books reflect changing attitudes to languages and can support revitalization by Nicola Daly, The Conversation edited by Swati Mestri , revi...
Huiyee Chiew & Lyric Li, Washington Post
For too long, the United States has relied on foreign sources for most of the raw materials powering its technological future: the essential minerals in every smartphone, battery pack and semiconducto...
James Varney, RCInvestigationsElon Musk may consider hydrogen "mind-bogglingly stupid" as a power source for cars, but the derision of the world's most successful electric vehicle...
Microbes from space have fueled the plots of science fiction mainstays like "Project Hail Mary" and "The Andromeda Strain." But with more space missions launching each year, finding extraterrestrial l...
Mike Wiest, iaiRoger Penrose argued that human thought does things no computer can, so the mind must make use of non-computable quantum mechanics. The idea remains fringe. Most scientists...
Michael J. Coren, Washington Post
Indermit Gill & Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street JournalThe past 75 years have brought the greatest improvement of human
Elissar Gerges, The SkepticAre you an INTJ, an ESFP, or perhaps an INTP? If you have ever taken the
Meda Parameswara Reddy, Ph.D., RCScienceBritain's plan to ban social media for children under sixteen, first announced by Keir Starmer's government...
Bowler & Phiddian, ABC ScienceDark matter, an elusive substance that permeates the universe, has flummoxed scientists for decades.But a single flash of energy spotted by the world's...
Carly Cassella, SciAlArtificial sweeteners might have zero calories, but that doesn't mean they have zero impact on the body.Even though some
Jess Cockerill, Science AlertA floating island loaded with green, healthy-looking trees has been spotted drifting around Williston Lake in Canada, and we've never seen anything like...
Harry Goldstein, IEEE SpectrumOne day in 1982, Joseph "Rod" Canion and two colleagues fromTexas...
Tibi Puiu, ZME ScienceThe campfire may have done more than keep our ancestors warm. It may have helped turn ape-like communication into language.For hundreds of...
Roger Pielke, Jr., The Honest BrokerThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) — a storied institution
University of SurreyThe neuroactive potential of bacteria living in the human gut is associated with levels of key chemicals in the brain, according to a new study from the University of...
Lund UniversityThe honey bee has held a special place in vision research. It is one of the best-studied insects, and much of what scientists know about how bees perceive the world is based...
University of GrazPhysicists at the University of Graz (Austria), in collaboration with colleagues from Marburg University and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), have achieved a...
EurekAlert!Six years after COVID-19 disrupted childhood around the world, new research following the same children from before the pandemic through today finds that the damage was far less...