The Unsolvable Problem

After a years-long intellectual journey, three mathematicians have discovered that a problem of central importance in physics is impossible to solve—and that means other big questions may be undecidable, too...

Clicks, Lies and Videotape

Artificial intelligence is making it possible for anyone to manipulate audio and video. The biggest threat is that we stop trusting anything at all

Early Warnings of Terrible Earthquakes Appear High in the Sky, a New Theory Says

The best early warnings of a big disaster may appear 180 miles above the ground, a controversial new theory says

What's Wrong with Science--and How to Fix It

Science Funding Is Broken

The way we pay for science does not encourage the best results

Science under Scrutiny: The Problem of Reproducibility

Better incentives could reduce the alarming number of studies that turn out to be wrong when repeated

Halting Sexual Harassment

A leader of a major report on sexual misconduct explains how to make science accessible to everyone

Young and Struggling in Science

Life is hard for early-career researchers, who must contend with uncertain futures, compete for funding and balance family life, with the frequent need to move for jobs

To Solve Real-World Problems, We Need Interdisciplinary Science

Solving today’s complex, global problems will take interdisciplinary science

Neuroscientists Use Rabies to Explore the Brain

Using engineered forms of the rabies virus, neuroscientists can map brain circuits with unprecedented precision

How to Evacuate Cities before Dangerous Hurricanes

With new risk maps, authorities hope to avoid mass exoduses and blocked exits