Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

Researchers at St. Petersburg University have developed an efficient way to detect a crucial immunity biomarker—neopterin—in the blood using nanotechnology and a laser. Neopterin is a nucleotide whose ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome.

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

A study reveals random exploration outperforms focused analysis—shedding scientific light on non-ordinary ways of knowing.

Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to ...

Microsoft researchers have developed a technology that writes data into glass with lasers, raising the prospect of robotic libraries full of glass tablets packed with data ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

Mattson echoes the shocking findings of Japanese cell biologist Prof. Yoshinori Ohsumi, who discovered the biochemical ...

Explore why psychology is considered both a science and an art. Learn how research, evidence, and human understanding combine to study the mind and behavior.

On Sunday, February 8, the Day of Russian Science will be celebrated. Not only established scientists, but also students ...