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A Neurosurgeon’s Remarkable Plan to Treat Stroke Victims With Stem Cells
Gary Steinberg defied convention when he began implanting living cells inside the brains of patients who had suffered from a stroke
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Watch the Winners of the 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. Competition
From sea stars to mathematical braids, scientists translate their work into hot moves and killer choreography
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Growing Ice Cracks Force Shutdown of Antarctic Research Station
The British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station will close for the second year due to cracking of the ice
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With tens of millions of lives at stake, medical researchers are racing to create a revolutionary flu vaccine before the next devastating epidemic
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The Perks and Pitfalls of Being a Nobel Laureate: Early Mornings, Performance Anxiety
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
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The World Has Millions of Colors. Why Do We Only Name a Few?
Cognitive scientists suggest that we name the colors of things we want to talk about
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Liquid Cats, Didgeridoo Research and More From the 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
A parody of the prestigious Nobel Prizes, the awards celebrate research that makes people laugh, then think
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You Can Help Scientists Study Great White Sharks Off the Coast of Cape Cod
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is offering boating expeditions open to the public now through October
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What Happened to America’s Public Intellectuals?
Our nation has always depended on these heavyweights to guide us, but are they still with us, and if so, who are they?
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The “Nobel Prize Sperm Bank” Was Racist. It Also Helped Change the Fertility Industry
The Repository for Germinal Choice was supposed to produce super-kids from the sperm of white high achievers
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Scientists Hear Two Even More Ancient Black Holes Collide
At this point, detecting ripples in the fabric of space-time is practically commonplace
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Why These Humans Are Museum Treasures, Too
A portrait photographer captured 24 staffers from the National Museum of Natural History posing with their favorite artifacts from the collections
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The Second Life of Henri IV’s Severed Head
Whether it’s lying in the grave or sitting in a Paris bank vault, the monarch’s cranium has been the subject of much debate since his untimely demise
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People Don’t Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved
But sometimes, they should
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How Mule Racing Led to Mule Cloning
It was a huge advance in cloning in the early 2000s
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Scientists Want to Freeze and Pulverize Your Old Computers
E-waste is a growing problem worldwide, but a new method could help take a byte out of the issue
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From “T. Rex” to “Pantydraco”: How Dinosaurs Get Their Names
The best monikers are “a way to link science and imagination.” Others are just obvious
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Large Hadron Collider Gets “Open Heart Surgery”
The massive physics experiment in Switzerland is receiving an upgrade
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How Albert Einstein Used His Fame to Denounce American Racism
The world-renowned physicist was never one to just stick to the science
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A New Age of Discovery Is Happening Right Now in the Remote Forests of Suriname
Today’s explorers and scientists are identifying new species at a rate that would’ve amazed Charles Darwin
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