Explaining a scientific finding in a clear and effective way is often difficult. In fact, many researchers struggle with identifying how to best break down their findings’ implications into easily ...

How does one communicate the fast-moving science of a pandemic to the public? Social media, with its short messages and inflamed memes, would seem an imperfect fit. And yet Twitter and other online ...

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This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. On April 8, 2024, a broad swath of North ...

The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are one of nature’s most mesmerizing light shows, painting the night sky with vibrant hues of green, pink, purple, and blue. For children, this ...

Reporters and science communicators commonly point to widespread COVID misinformation to explain why so many people are skeptical of vaccines and other infection-control measures. Bad pandemic takes ...

Chad Orzel is the Gordon Gould Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the author of five books explaining science for ...

The UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent is bridging neuroscience and policy with a new online tool. The STEPS for Youth tool – which stands for Science to Enhance Policy Success for Youth – ...

In a paper published in Science, researchers examined hundreds of rodents in museum collections to see where thumbnails crop up. This study could help explain how rodents evolved into so many ...

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...