You’re walking home on a busy day, exhausted and longing for a couch. As you round the corner, a blur whizzes past, and the roar of wind fills your ears. You stare curiously at the fading figure — a ...

NPR's A Martínez asks National Geographic writer Maddie Stone about some of the real science behind the fictional world of "Dune." Fans of the sci-fi world of "Dune" are waiting for the next episode ...

We live in an era where information is more accessible than ever before. Paradoxically, this hasn’t made us wiser—it’s made us more vulnerable to misinformation. Pseudoscience, once confined to the ...

A parent greets their newborn child with joy, tears streaming down their face. It should be one of the happiest moments of their life. And it is — until the attending doctor soberly rattles off a list ...

In the mid-1950s, naturalist Ronald Lockley undertook a study on behalf of the British Nature Conservancy, which was concerned about the spread of a rabbit disease called myxomatosis. In a grassy ...

On two Saturdays this spring, the campus will be filled with aspiring middle and high school scientists displaying projects ranging from hair health to binding agents in bubble gum, as Smith hosts the ...

Modern "alternative" experts undermine the Iron Rule of Science. Source: Image from Mart Productions on Pexels. People in the U.S. have much less trust in institutions than they used to, from churches ...

People often joke about the oldest daughter being the "third parent," but there's more to that idea than meets the eye. Researchers are beginning to notice patterns that explain why the role of ...

John Linell and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants join Ira in the studio in 2009 to perform some science songs. Fans of the band They Might Be Giants are likely to be familiar with the band’s ...

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