We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but has problems of its own.
Renaissance painter Jan Brueghel the Elder painted a bat eating a bird — 400 years before scientists would document the behavior.
Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health. But does being overly online truly rot our brains?
The iconic one-eyed monster coming to movie screens in July in The Odyssey might have more in common with tiny water critters than with humans.
A science-art team uses research data to make music featuring sounds of Antarctica and outer space
The FDA will allow bemotrizinol in sunscreen. The chemical is long-lasting and defends against solar radiation that ages skin.
Making social connection part of job design, whether people work remotely, hybrid or in-person, is key to supporting employees‘ well-being.
Hours of diving videos and hundreds of survey responses reveal the common diver mistakes that can cause irreversible reef damage.
Editor in chief Nancy Shute introduces a new social sciences column that explores what it means to be human.
