Science Friday’s Science Club is an invitation to go out, do science, and share it with others. For this science club, we’re mixing up how SciFri normally works. We want you to explain something to us ...

If you're a parent of young children, chances are the Elf on the Shelf comes to your home during the holiday season. You give it a name, prop it on a shelf, and instantly you have Santa’s personal ...

The following is an excerpt from If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, by Alan Alda. We’ve worked with thousands of scientists and doctors at the Center for Communicating Science, ...

Wegovy for weight loss is a medical treatment that mimics a natural gut hormone to suppress hunger and support significant, ...

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It's the greatest scientific challenge of our time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Explaining how something as complex as ...

A single sheet of graphene could hold an elephant and not break A single sheet of graphene could hold an elephant and not break The Verge: Let’s start from the beginning. How did the two of you meet?

Science! In many ways, we live in a thrilling era of scientific discovery. Some scientists are making breakthroughs in gene-editing and recycling orbital rockets. Others are perilously close to ...

Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, writer and host of "Closer to Truth," a public television series and online resource that features the world's leading thinkers exploring humanity's deepest ...

If asked, most people will claim they know how a toilet works. But when asked to explain, most simply can’t. Yale psychologists Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil called this the “illusion of explanatory ...

The recent budget proposal floated by the Trump administration included deep cuts to critical science-funding agencies. Some of this seems clearly politically-motivated, most obviously zeroing out ...