Tag: science
Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom...
Volha Chykina, University of Richmond; David P. Baker, Penn State; Frank Fernandez, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Justin J.W. Powell, University of Luxembourg
New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the...
Kai R. Larsen, University of Colorado Boulder; Roman Lukyanenko, University of Virginia, and Thomas H. Davenport, Babson College
Technological...
James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from...
Andor J. Kiss, Miami University
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist most known for co-winning the 1962...
How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
Charlotte Oliver, Colorado State University
Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating...
Research replication can determine how well science is working – but...
Amanda Kay Montoya, University of California, Los Angeles
Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound...
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality
Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology and William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Just...
‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries...
EXPLORING NATURE
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
