Science

‘The truth is, everybody came with their A-game. Because the script called for it. Steven definitely calls for it.’

Growing up in Los Angeles, Sydney Scott was accustomed to Whole Foods and “organic” labels. Yet instead of simply filling her cart, she found herself asking why those labels were so compelling to many people.

While most businesses have introduced AI in the workplace to enhance employee productivity, an Auburn University information systems researcher cautions that under certain circumstances, AI deployment can inadvertently zap the motivation of its highest-performing workers, which could diminish the company’s…

NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.

NASA astronaut and International Space Station Expedition 74/75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/James Blair NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m.…

A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.

This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

Archaeologists have discovered a game board carved into the steps of a medieval bathhouse in the Moroccan town of Walīla (the Roman city of Volubilis). The find is a rare example of a medieval game board that can be securely…

When citizens feel a bigger tax pinch, political corruption goes down and voter turnout rises. That’s a key finding from new research led by Washington State University, which found that a higher tax burden is associated with increased civic engagement…

More than 3,000 Australians die by suicide each year, yet one of the strongest known drivers of suicide risk—unemployment—remains largely overlooked in Australia’s suicide prevention programs. Now, Adelaide University researchers are calling for a fundamental shift in how suicide is…