Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

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Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires. At a site in South Carolina, researchers ...

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We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

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Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medical school would be taken over by ...

Psychologist Brian Nosek’s latest work indicates that many results in the social sciences don’t stand up to immediate scrutiny. But that’s the beginning of a conversation, not the end, he explains to ...

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...