Science

A study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men.

In an era when TV shows look like movies, have we lost sight of what should make sci-fi great?

“You have to keep beating it for longer,” my grandmother instructed me. “It isn’t pale yet. It’s still too yellow.”

Considerations related to environmental justice have risen to the forefront of policy discussions over the location of long-term infrastructure like power plants. These discussions have centered on ensuring equitable siting of planned infrastructure, but rarely account for its consequences over…

The Artemis I Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft is pictured in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before rollout to launch pad 39B, in March 2022. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Media are invited to…

For many children, the transition from learning to read to reading to learn is a crucial and sometimes nervewracking milestone. Reading aloud in class is intended to foster fluency and confidence, but for many students, it may spark anxiety that…

Educational attainment and intelligence, and to a smaller extent parental education and father’s occupational class, are associated with midlife socioeconomic status, according to a new study published September 10, 2025 in the journal PLOS One by Erik Lykke Mortensen of…

Young people are under intense scrutiny. They are subject to community, media and policy concerns about everything from technology use to public safety.

Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University.

Cut flowers are no longer a specialty item reserved for florists or formal events. Today, you’re just as likely to find a bouquet near the produce aisle, at the checkout line of a pharmacy or even nestled beside snacks at…