Ask a chatbot if it’s conscious, and it will likely say no—unless it’s Anthropic’s Claude 4. “When I process complex ...

As a veteran academic researcher, department chairperson and associate dean for research, I have seen this process play out from multiple perspectives – as a grant recipient, grant reviewer and ...

Since not every study can be replicated prior to publication, it’s important to conduct replications after studies are published. Replications help scientists understand how well research processes ...

In joint research with the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tohoku University, and Kyoto Institute of Technology, the National ...

There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and Nagoya University developed a fluorescent probe that can quickly show ...

For nearly eight decades, the U.S. innovation ecosystem has been underpinned by a deliberately decentralized model of federal research support. Rooted in the vision laid out by Vannevar Bush in ...

Research from Norway shows longer daily walks could improve chronic lower back pain, with those walking over 100 minutes experiencing lower risk despite intensity.

We all have a general understanding that being outside and around nature is beneficial for our mental health — hence the popularity of the phrase "touch grass." But recent research shows that ...

Former CDC director Tom Frieden explains the damage RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are doing to public health.

Before a Monday court deadline, dozens of outside groups — including activists, Boston-area hospitals, and former federal officials — submitted amici briefs backing Harvard in its lawsuit ...

The brief warns that funding cuts also jeopardize future research. Without federal support, the brief argues, young researchers may leave scientific fields or pursue their research abroad, which would ...

The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.