There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.

White House receives 340,000 comments on rules many fear would politicize science

Preprints don’t change much after peer review — and are rarely retracted.

An impeccably researched account describes how clinical trials have transformed health and social policy.

Mathematical texts from a Maya site in Guatemala identify an astronomer called Sak Tahn Waax.

Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.

Ambitious studies have been examining the protective effects of diet, exercise and socializing — with surprising results.

To anyone trained in the natural sciences, the phrase “evidence-based medicine”, which became popular in the 1990s, might sound peculiar. What else would medicine be based on if not evidence that a tr...

Potentially fraudulent papers often cite each other and could be inflating the impact factor of journals in which they are published.

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.

Ethical discussions are urgently needed as genome-editing science advances, some researchers say.

Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

Par-delà les croyances, la démarche scientifique dit le vrai et propose du bien. Elle permet notamment de mieux vivre et de vivre plus vieux. Autant en profiter et se méfier autant de l'idéologie que de la toutologie.