The advent of web-based platforms for behavioural experimentation has revolutionised the way researchers approach data collection, enabling large-scale, cost-effective studies with diverse populations ...

Scientific research is a messy business. The road to learning new things and making discoveries is paved with hard labor, tough thinking, and plenty of dead ends. It’s a time-consuming, expensive ...

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine will send a series of human health research experiments aboard the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission, the first ...

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...

After all the controversy over the past few years about gain-of-function research on viruses, especially the Covid-19 virus, I thought this kind of work was on hold, at least in the U.S. Indeed, the ...

Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions, announced today the extensive suite of science and research experiments the crew and SpaceX will conduct throughout ...

Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally ...

A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer, a business reporter ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

Madeleine May is an investigative producer at CBS News based in Washington, D.C. She previously covered politics for VICE News and reported on organized crime and corruption for OCCRP. She covers ...