The "Fantastic" Feeling of a Breakthrough: Q&A with Math Prize Winner Karen Uhlenbeck
The first female winner of the prestigious Abel Prize shares details of life as a mathematician
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New Strategies Take on the Worst Cancer--Glioblastoma
Among the various malignancies that can afflict the human body, few bring with them the dour prognoses of brain tumors
Russia's New Nuclear Missiles Squeeze Response Time
As treaties end, Russia focuses on hypersonic weapons that could “tighten the noose” on current U.S. defenses
Can Soil Microbes Slow Climate Change?
One scientist has tantalizing results, but others are not convinced
The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says
Study points toward lifelong neuron formation in the human brain’s hippocampus, with implications for memory and disease
How 3-D Printing Could Break into the Building Industry
Imagine a single trained operator making a bridge, home or barracks
Best-Yet Measurements Deepen Cosmological Crisis
The latest disagreement over the universe’s expansion rate suggests researchers may be on the threshold of revolutionary discoveries
An Impossible Scenario: Scientists Watch as Heat Moves at the Speed of Sound
A rare phenomenon seen in just a handful of materials at forbidding temperatures has been detected within “warm” graphite—a finding that could aid future microelectronics...
First Baby Monkey Born Using Sperm from Frozen Testicles
Researchers hope that the procedure could be used to restore fertility to human boys undergoing cancer treatment
Huge Meteor Explosion a Wake-Up Call for Planetary Defense
Detonating over the Bering Sea, the blast was as powerful as a nuclear bomb
A Common Anesthetic Could Ease PTSD and Other Stress Disorders
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
Study on Weed Killers and Monarch Butterflies Spurs Ecological Flap
Some scientists question museum data analysis that suggests Roundup is not responsible for the insects’ decline
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says
In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief
Big Religion May Have Gotten Too Much Credit for the Evolution of Modern Society
Contrary to a popular hypothesis, pro-social religions didn’t kick-start complex social systems
'Oumuamua, Our First Interstellar Visitor, May Have Been a Comet After All
New research flags jets of water vapor—rather than alien technology—as the source of the mysterious object’s anomalous motions
Four Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings
Pro-gun advocates claim new laws will not make us safer. But here is evidence the right laws will do exactly that
Going with the Flow: Waterfalls Can Form Spontaneously
Understanding how these breathtaking features form helps scientist interpret geologic history
Mind Your "Fs" and "Vs": Agriculture May Have Shaped Both Human Jaws and Language
Eating porridge and cheese appears to have changed our bite to enable the vocal tract to produce new sounds
An Hour of Light and Sound a Day Might Keep Alzheimer's at Bay
Playing a flashing white light and a trilling sound reversed signs of Alzheimer’s in mice. Researchers are now trying it in humans
The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology
