A laser-powered experiment reveals turbulence secrets that could make hypersonic flight — and one-hour global travel — a ...

Hypersonic planes could fly from Sydney to Los Angeles in just an hour. What's standing in the way of such ultra-fast planes ...

Childhood allergies are rising globally due to urbanisation, pollution and reduced microbial exposure, with experts stressing ...

In the world of phylogenetics, there's team sponge and team comb jelly. Which creature roots the animal tree of life—the simple sponge or the more complex comb jelly—has stirred fierce debate among ...

In “How to Change a Memory,” neuroscientist Steve Ramirez embarks on a project to find and reactivate memories in the brains of mice.

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have solved a longstanding puzzle in ovarian cancer treatment: why anti-estrogen therapy often fails even when tumors express the hormone receptor that should make ...

A new opinion paper shows no convincing evidence that there is a causal link between gut bacteria and autism, citing weak ...

An academic has used ten of Iris Murdoch’s novels and some newly discovered poems to illuminate scientific concepts.

The world celebrates science today. The United Nations proclaimed November 10th World Science Day for Peace and Development ...

Science is the only safe source of knowledge that works in making public policy. This statement neatly sums up the ...

Is everything we see, feel, and experience not real? Plato already proposed this theory with his myth of the cave. For ...