Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

A team of scientists at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden worked around the clock to examine evidence related to the ...

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...

The shift is part of a government-wide effort to phase out the use of live animals in federally sponsored tests, studies and ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

In December 2024, Elisabeth Bik noticed irregularities in a few papers by a highly-cited bioengineer, Ali Khademhosseini. She started looking at more publications for which he was a co-author, and the ...

The first time I went under the knife, I remember the anesthesiologist asking me to count backward. “Ten, nine, eight…” and then it all went black. The next thing I knew, three hours had passed, yet ...

The conference billed itself as the first to feature all A.I.-generated research. Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images Should scientists use artificial intelligence to help conduct research or write up the ...

Gun violence is not just a criminal justice issue; it’s a public health crisis and a human rights concern. Every year, more than 45,000 Americans die by firearms, with a majority of these deaths being ...

An investigation is underway after officers took a 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 report for possible threats made. The matter is in regard to legal papers in which someone drew an image of a gun drawn on the back ...

The chances of the Minnesota Legislature convening for a special session to address gun violence and school safety ahead of the regularly scheduled 2026 Legislative Session have become slim to none, ...

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on crime solutions from Katie Hill and Jens Ludwig of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Read Part 1 here. Some of our fellow Chicagoans have come ...