Plummeting literacy rates have fueled a bitter debate over how best to teach reading. And artificial intelligence turning up ...

Political scientist Joseph Uscinski, a professor at the University of Miami, talks about conspiracy theories and the people who believe them. Uscinski’s research has found that conspiracy theories are ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

But with a chill lingering in the air, those who choose to drink alcohol should still make sure to grab a coat, Brown experts say. The “alcohol blanket” is a phenomenon where people under the ...

An old NASA science satellite is no more. The U.S. Space Force says the Van Allen Probe A plunged uncontrolled from orbit on Wednesday, reentering over the Pacific west of the Galapagos Islands.

A rapidly brightening burst of light called AT 2024wpp, or "the Whippet", is baffling astronomers. One explanation is that it ...

New data also reveals the costs to units and individuals when they push too hard under the assumption that suffering makes a soldier tougher. The idea that ignoring discomfort is the hallmark of "good ...

Everything depends on what people and their government do,” Somerville writes, not once, not twice, but (if I count correctly) seven times.

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

Bacteria in food can make you seriously ill, which is why it is so important for the facilities that produce your food to ensure proper hygiene in their production lines. A new doctoral thesis from ...

President Donald Trump declared during Tuesday's marathon State of the Union that "we're winning so much," saying he'd sparked a jobs and manufacturing boom at home while imposing a new world order ...

President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night was the longest in history.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times President Trump claimed in his State of the Union address on Tuesday ...