Opinion

The far side of the moon offers grounds for compromise between advocates and opponents of lunar development

Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed their curiosity and develop empathy

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is facing closure. Shutting it down would be a loss to science as a whole

Damage to your environment can bring a profound sense of loss; that feeling, called solastalgia, can also provide inspiration

Antimicrobial resistance could claim 39 million lives by 2050, yet the pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up. U.S. policymakers can help fix it

Today’s cannabis plant is highly cultivated and incredibly potent. Treating it like a commodity, and not a testable, regulated medicine, is hurting people

Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth makes sense

Outside groups often offer their solutions for climate adaptation in Africa. But the best people to manage the climate crisis are the people in those communities themselves. For climate adaptation to succeed in Africa, let communities and local leaders show the way

A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brain to explain our awareness

A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, such as harvesting rainwater, to meet AI’s needs

It is difficult to disentangle Russian and Chinese scientists from international science cooperation. That is a good thing

What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process