Why some memories persist while others vanish has fascinated scientists for more than a century. Now, new research from the ...

Creativity is more than just a spark. New brain scan studies reveal the complicated interplay between multiple brain systems.

One common theory is that it is entirely predictable who the Oscars will go to. Interestingly, this seems to have some truth to it. One statistical analysis found that by tracking a range of factors, ...

Researchers will investigate whether restricting young people's social media use has an impact on their mental health ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

To test whether bubble-net feeding spreads through social learning, the team employed a method known as network-based diffusion analysis. The idea is straightforward: if a new behavior moves through a ...

"Each additional 'year' of brain age is associated with meaningful differences in later-life health," a senior author of the ...

New study identifies systematic patterns in armed conflicts across Africa – and the limits of forecasting conflict intensity, ...

Practical ways to plan study time, sustain attention, check comprehension, and strengthen memory—so effort leads to more ...

While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

Researchers who are using generative AI to write scientific papers are publishing a significantly higher number of studies, a new analysis finds (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adw3000). The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the ...