Many people who don’t believe one conspiracy theory about that station—known as the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP—believe another. A common misconception is that it can ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of progress.

Whether it's cloud seeding or covering the Arctic in tiny glass beads, there’s little standing in the way of weather ...

Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed the first direct evidence that asteroids in a binary system can exchange rocks and dust. Slow moving debris from the asteroid Didymos appears to have struck ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...

Everything from doom scrolling on our constantly pinging phones to refined sugar is designed to manipulate our biological instincts – and it’s making us ill. Bestselling author and scientist Nicklas B ...

Gossiping about your boss can fuel guilt and productivity risks, but science finds it also has benefits among coworkers.

After small social blunders, laughing at yourself may land better than visible embarrassment, researchers say.

If you're a fan of a quick gossip with your favourite colleague by the water cooler, there's good news. Scientists have ...

A new wearable AI system watches your hands through smart glasses, guiding experiments and stopping mistakes before they happen ...

But the failed experiment sparked something far more powerful: the realization that curiosity is a lifelong navigational tool. “My hypothesis was wrong, but something more important happened,” says ...