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Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics...

Life in all of its complexity

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

Trump’s Agriculture Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.At a White House...

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los...

An asteroid could hit the moon in 2032, scattering debris toward Earth

NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon...

He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing

Chris Buck stands barefoot in his kitchen holding a glass bottle of unfiltered Lithuanian farmhouse ale. He...

Breaking Ground Crossword

Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source of accurate information on the latest...

Americans Are Increasingly Convinced That Aliens Have Visited Earth

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series...

This newfound cascade of events may explain some female gut pain

Women of reproductive age are more likely than other people to report gut problems like irritable bowel...

New Hubble images may solve the case of a disappearing exoplanet

Two asteroid-sized objects orbiting a famous star have collided, Hubble Space Telescope images suggest. The collision provides...

As gambling addiction spreads, one scientist’s work reveals timely insights

Arriving at a 1987 Gamblers Anonymous event in Dallas, Chris Anderson was at a low point. After...

Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance

In late November, in a quiet corner of Devon, England, workers began adding a secret, light brown...
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