We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the ...

What really happens when life ends remains one of humanity’s biggest questions. Science and religion approach that mystery in very different ways.

Science and Scripture offer very different ways of talking about beginnings. The real question may be less about choosing one ...

Strong inference requires laying out competing alternatives. Source: From Pexels, uploaded by Pixabay Early in their scientific careers, many researchers have a short article written by John R. Platt ...

Science has never been more powerful. We’ve mapped the human genome, landed robots on Mars, and photographed black holes 55 million light-years away. And yet, for all of that staggering progress, the ...

It wasn’t that long ago when the human-like conversational skill of artificial intelligence models mesmerized us all. And while such ask-and-answer interfaces are still the most popular way to use AI, ...

How will the United States direct finite resources to make the most impactful advances of knowledge in the complex laboratory of the space among Earth, the Moon, and Mars? The next decade will provide ...

Scientific discovery is one of the most sophisticated human activities. First, scientists must understand the existing knowledge and identify a significant gap. Next, they must formulate a research ...