Feb. 16—Note to self, Albuquerqueans: If you hear a big boom, followed by a big fireball, then see some smoke in the coming weeks, don't be alarmed. Sandia's just trying something out. During the last ...

Are you excited that Christmas is almost with us? I must confess that Christmas dinner is one of my favourite meals of the ...

Several years ago, while drug overdose deaths skyrocketed nationwide, Oregon decriminalized many illegal drugs. It was called Measure 110, and after voters gave approval, the new rules went online in ...

No one can question the impact of science on human civilization, and the importance of experimentation in science is equally undeniable. Some experiments confirm what we already know, others suggest a ...

Social scientists have long run audit experiments to transport lab standards to the field. Researchers might send largely identical résumés to recruiters, or credit reports to bankers, varying only ...

Twitch has a new page where it lists some of the experiments it’s running, describes how they work, and says how long they’ll stick around. Twitch has a new page where it lists some of the experiments ...

Kengo Yamada remembers asking a class of kindergartners where they thought wind came from. “One said, ‘Trees make wind,’” says the associate director of early childhood education at New Jersey’s ...

Medical experiments on dogs at the Department of Veterans Affairs are warranted in some cases, but the agency should adopt more expansive guidelines to determine when it is “scientifically necessary” ...