Understanding how our minds participate in their own deception can help us resist voter manipulation and improve education.

Since the 19th century, philosophers and scientists have failed to agree on reliable markers of sentience.

June9, 7p ET | Virtual The Art of Casual Scicomm with Jess Li

René Magritte’s art achieves its surreal effects by manipulating the neurobiology underlying human visual perception.

In an era of uncertainty, scholars and universities must reflect on their purpose and build frameworks that make their goals achievable.

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Tallies vary, but it appears that recent terminations of grants issued by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies number in the thousands and amount to billions of U.S. dollars. Many scientists who have been swept up in these terminations have been posting online about their research that has been cut short. A common thread from these posts is that there is little public understanding of the level of oversight that goes into both grant proposals and grant management. As one researcher posted on social media, “I feel like some people must think that grants are like medieval patronage arrangements or something. Like we just show up with an open burlap sack and they shake a lot of money into it, and we go away and do whatever we feel like doing.”

Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.

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Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

Fifty years after the discovery of the fossilized skeleton nicknamed “Lucy,” the hominin continues to inspire research into human origins.

Imaging the ocean requires an understanding of how different seafloor sediments interact with sound waves.

What are microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)?

Slime molds thrive in a range of environments, displaying an unexpected beauty in a variety of forms and life cycle stages.

Drugs targeting the kidneys for diabetes treatment stem from almost two centuries of research that began with an uprooted apple orchard.