There’s an age-old adage in biology: structure determines function. To understand the function of the myriad proteins that perform vital jobs in a healthy body—or malfunction in a diseased ...

Antarctica has become a hotspot for internet explorers and mystery seekers, igniting curiosity with its stunning landscapes and intriguing anomalies. Recently, a massive object resembling a sunken ...

The World Health Organization has taken a more restrictive view. In a statement on heated tobacco products and the FDA’s IQOS decision, WHO said reducing exposure to harmful chemicals does not make ...

Astronomers once believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. In the 19th century, scientists thought the shape of a person’s skull could reveal their mental strengths or weaknesses. And in the 20th ...

Researchers are misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots to produce scientific literature. At least, that’s a new fear that some scientists have raised, citing a stark rise in ...

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...

The first woman scientist to win the Nobel Prize, Marie Curie, lived by the credo that scientific thinking could be of great value to society. She stressed that science education was the key to ...

Scientific thinking is not limited to laboratories or researchers in white coats peering into microscopes. It is a way of reasoning that empowers everyday citizens to make informed, data-driven ...