On July 3, 1945, 10 German scientists who had worked on Germany’s nuclear program were interned by the Allies at a country mansion called Farm Hall, in Godmanchester, England, about 20 miles northwest ...

Young children have a lot of trust in scientists, and watching superhero TV shows with villainous researchers has little impact—and only in certain situations, a new study shows. Subscribe to our ...

Byron Hyde receives funding from the Wellcome Trust. When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and ...

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

One of my closest friends is a neuroscientist, investigating how brain cells develop and how they search for and choose other brain cells to connect with. Her research can sound intimidating, but when ...

Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

Shohamy is director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University and co-director of Columbia’s Kavli Institute for Brain Science. I recently sat with a young scientist in my ...

If you asked your child to "Draw a scientist," what would they draw? The answer could provide insight into the state of women in STEM.

“Eating Cheese Before Bed May Cause Nightmares, Study Finds,” reported People Magazine this summer. The same research on food intake and sleep prompted this take from Time Magazine: “Is Cheese Giving ...