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An academic has used ten of Iris Murdoch’s novels and some newly discovered poems to illuminate scientific concepts.

We congratulate Celeste Porsbjerg and colleagues for their Series paper1 addressing a key question in asthma care: the definition of the ideal candidate for biological therapy. Porsbjerg and ...

Currently, scientists struggle to forecast volcano eruption events, as no universally reliable, real-time eruption ...

Science is the only safe source of knowledge that works in making public policy. This statement neatly sums up the ...

Stories describing what can happen when science is manipulated or misapplied are among the winners of the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did stories on science at ...

How The Science of Wonder Helps our Kids Thrive," Deborah Farmer Kris shares the powerful emotion that primes people to learn.

Late in 1996, Greenspan jumped on the 'scare wagon' with his infamous "irrational exuberance" comment. The market had rallied ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have ...

Also, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to same-sex marriage. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.