75 years after Fermi’s paradox, are we any closer to finding extraterrestrial life?

Policy expert Dustin Tingley studies transition to renewable energy, knows from work, life how economic shifts rattle through communities

Study finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in specially designed quiz eases partisanship

Climate researchers wrestling with losses of federal funding, data, and key tools

Steven Pinker breaks down the history of taboo words, different categories of swearing, and the meaning conveyed by a bleep

David Liu’s gene-editing technologies demonstrate game-changing potential in two recent cases

Seven novel research projects awarded grants by Star-Friedman Challenge

Geneticists find method to turn tiny bugs into living robots

In new book, neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod traces connections between brain biology, political beliefs

Salata panelists warn that damage from executive orders and cuts to research funding won’t be easily overcome