People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, ...

An aluminum-coated polymer film is used to shield satellites from temperature extremes. Researchers at Empa have succeeded in ...

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...

Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

In an eleventh-hour attempt to slow down global warming, some scientists have been proposing — or even testing, at a small scale — whether releasing aerosolized particles into the atmosphere to dim ...

A geoengineering startup Stardust Solutions has raised $60 million to lay the groundwork for tech that could be used to dim the Sun, Heatmap News reports. The concept behind geoengineering is as ...

Matt Mullins, Director of Marketing and Communications of the American Museum of Science and Energy, is the Chair of this year’s Nuclear Science Week and works with the American Museum of Science and ...

Let me be transparent–I’m not going to pretend these kitchen experiments won’t create a mess. They will. There will be vinegar on your floor, food coloring on hands that lasts a day or two, and ...