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Your brain was never designed for this much bad news
Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’…
John Urschel
The mathematician and former NFL player on the benefits of having a broad background for young people who are interested in science John Urschel is a mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose res…
Geoffrey Hinton
The machine-learning guru discusses how politics is undermining U.S. science Geoffrey Hinton is a British‑Canadian computer scientist and cognitive psychologist known for pioneering artificial neural networks and deep …
The director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory discusses changing the pace of scientific research Kim Budil is an American physicist. She has been dir…
The university president on narrowing the time between discovery and societal impact Farnam Jahanian is a computer scientist and president of Carnegie Mellon …
The M.I.T. cosmologist shares his thoughts on physics, the federal funding of science and the resilience of the scientific community Rick Friedman/rickfriedma…
The computational neuroscientist on how scientists themselves need to better advocate for government support Emery Brown is a physician-scientist, statisticia…
The University of California, Berkeley, materials scientist on the hope the next generation of scientists represents Gerbrand Ceder is a materials scientist a…
The 2025 Nobel laureate on the need for better science communication Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images Fred Ramsdell is an immunologist a…
A copper-based compound restored the brain’s ability to clear toxic Alzheimer’s proteins, dramatically reducing amyloid buildup and improving memory in laborat…
The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.
According to UNESCO, around 250 million children (16%) globally are out of school, although they are of an age to be at school in their countries. Available ev…
Venus' bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in a new paper presented at the recent Europ…
Coatings are everywhere. A thin protective layer, often barely visible. They keep out moisture, sunlight and rust, helping products last longer. Think of lamin…
