Browsing: Science

Chatbots give positive, human-like responses to prompts from users.Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via GettyAccounts of people developing psychosis — which renders them unable to distinguish between what…

Julie Gould 00:01Hello and welcome to Working scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould.This is the second episode of our career planning series. Each episode…

This morning, ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez came to the Senate to share her story of being fired by US Health…

Scroll through TikTok and you’ll see binaural beats recommended for everything from stress, to sleep, to super-focus time.I get it. Every time I put this kind…

September 16, 20253 min readThe Problem with Billionaire ScienceScience may need to increasingly rely on wealthy patrons, but privately funded projects don’t always pan outBy David…

Science under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World Michael E. Mann & Peter J. Hotez PublicAffairs (2025)Months into President…

September 16, 20253 min readOctober 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years AgoCharming quarks; the first Batman signalBy Mark Fischetti 1975, Advent of Tomography:…

Frances Glessner Lee discovered her true calling later in life. An heiress without formal schooling, she was in her 50s when she transformed her fascination with…

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, show eighth-graders’ science scores have fallen 4 points…

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, faced the Senate finance committee in a tense and combative hearing on Thursday, during which lawmakers questioned his…