Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like…
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How many intelligent civilizations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2…
The world is a networked place, literally and figuratively. The field of network science is used today to understand phenomena as diverse as the spread…
To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours…
In the mid-1990s, there was research going on at Stanford University that would change the way we think about computers. The Media Equation experiments were…
NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the…
On April 27, 2020, the US Department of Defense issued a public statement authorising the release of three “UFO” videos taken by US Navy pilots.…
Scientists are not always as scientific as many suppose. Recent well-publicized cases of scientific fraud prove that scientists can be as susceptible to the allures…
Women have been entering academic medicine at nearly the same rate as men for decades, but very few women reach the top levels of leadership.…
What is a dwarf planet? – Myranda, age 8, Knoxville, Tennessee The word “planet” came from the ancient Greek words that mean “wandering star.” That…