In various contexts, for practical, philosophical, and logical reasons, there is a default assumption. In the criminal justice system, for example, someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. T ...

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There is no evidence to support the idea that this interstellar object is anything but a comet, but let's double-check.

Paleontologists spotted injuries on the tails of duck-billed dinosaur fossils that might have occurred during mating.

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An international team of scientists, led by the University of Oxford, has achieved a world-first by creating plasma ...

The experiment at CERN produced pairs of electron and positron beams, propagating into an ambient plasma. The international ...

When I introduced Steven Pinker, it felt like our worldviews couldn't have been more different. Here's why that dissonance was exactly the point.

Migratory birds, sea turtles and salmon have something in common: every year, they return to their birthplaces to reproduce.

Dr. Steven P. Romberger, Edward J. Smerek Chair of Mathematics, the Sciences, and Technology and associate professor of ...

Two new papers delve into mysterious lights and objects that were observed in the sky years before the first satellite ...

After conventional wisdom seemed to make peanut allergies worse, a 15-year scientific journey led to “landmark” recommendations that now appear to be reducing their incidence.