Ridley Scott's prolific career has in part been defined by his science fiction work. After making his directorial feature debut with the period drama The Duelists in 1977, Scott would go on to helm ...

It's all about the mind-gut connection.

Katalin Karikó thought the call was a joke. It was 3 a.m. on October 2, 2023. Her husband answered the phone. As someone in building maintenance, “he quite frequently gets calls for fixing this and ...

On a special episode (first released on August 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Is coolness just a vibe—or something deeper? A new global study spanning 12 countries finds surprising common traits ...

Researchers in Oregon have developed a way to slow down cancer by remotely cooking tumors. Researchers in Oregon are developing a new way to tackle difficult-to-treat conditions like ovarian cancers ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s elementary curriculum, Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, received an “all-green” rating for its grades 3–5 instructional materials in a new report ...

If President Trump’s first term was an indication, many government websites with environmental information on climate science will change drastically in the first months of his new administration.

Whether or not God exists “is not just one question among others — it is the question,” says one author of a newly translated book about the interplay between science and faith. “It asks whether we ...