Science has always felt like an endless frontier, with one mystery leading to another forever. But this episode explores a ...

Initially, it was hard to separate truth from rumor, but enough has happened in recent days that the worry cannot be branded as paranoia. A string of events affecting federal agencies and programs, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve been reminiscing again about The End of ...

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Modern science suggests that we and all our achievements and memories are destined to vanish like a dream. Is that sad or good? The hot star Wolf-Rayet 124, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

In a nice piece on his Scientific American blog 'Cross-Check', John Horgan recently gave me some much appreciated praise, whilst provoking discussion on a contentious subject - whether or not big ...