Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why do people experience déjà vu? – Atharva P., ...

Despite years of global investigation, the WHO confirms COVID-19’s true origin remains unknown due to limited data, with ...

A new hypothesis called the “quantum memory matrix” could solve long-standing physics questions, including the Black Hole ...

Scientists are encouraged to use accessible language and engage with the public to demonstrate the relevance of science to ...

(via Cool Worlds) Many of you wanted me to talk about the Dark Forest Hypothesis - an idea popularised (bit not limited to) the the sci-fi novel and Netflix series, "The Three Body Problem" by Liu ...

Piller is an investigative journalist for Science. In November 2022, Dennis Selkoe, a Harvard professor of neurologic diseases and among the most celebrated and prolific Alzheimer’s researchers ...

Mr. Piller is an investigative journalist for Science. This essay is adapted from his upcoming book, “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.” Jan. 24, 2025 ...

“According to the ‘groomer's final kiss hypothesis,’ it is predicted that mutual, mouth‐to‐mouth kissing emerged in, and stemmed from, social contexts when ancestral apes originally ...

Take another example: The annual return of a particular mutual fund is claimed to be 8%. Assume that the mutual fund has been in existence for 20 years. The null hypothesis is that the mean return ...

So instead of having these 20-, 30-page PDF that we read, there are other options for publishing. For example, modular publishing is an example of this where you publish modules, so literally chunks ...

Still, the Gaia hypothesis continues to be influential in scientific fields. Back in Lovelock’s time, it wasn’t well accepted that life could impact the planet’s functions, says Tyrrell.