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The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work, according to a scientist involved in the report – the latest move to withdraw ...

An AI algorithm was taught to produce the lightest and strongest possible geometric structure for a nanomaterial (depending on what it was made of). The result was a carbon nanolattice that is ...

Google has unveiled an experimental artificial intelligence system that “uses advanced reasoning to help scientists synthesize vast amounts of literature, generate novel hypotheses, and suggest ...

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Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of lives upended by the 2011 meltdowns in Fukushima. Armed with ...

“A small number [less than 10 meteors] may currently be entering Earth’s atmosphere every year,” Gregg and Wiegert said in a study soon to be published in the Planetary Science ...

There's a solid consensus among scientists on the question, according to a new survey. It’s easy to see why. Headlines such as “We’re probably not close” or “Nobody knows” aren’t very clickable. But ...

By William J. Broad President Trump last week formally nominated Michael Kratsios, a member of the first Trump administration with no degrees in science or engineering, to be his science adviser.

A new study in Nature Communications explores the dynamics of higher-order novelties, identifying fascinating patterns in how we combine existing elements to create novelty, potentially reshaping ...

Scientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered natural death traps in the region now believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters. The brine pools were found 4,000 ...

More than 120 Filipino scientists have returned to the Philippines as of last year to share their expertise in the local science scene as part of the Department of Science and Technology’s “Balik ...