The Present

NASA is scrapping its Apollo-era launcher platform to make room for new infrastructure that will support upcoming Artemis missions.

The idea behind the law was simple: make it more difficult for online sex traffickers to find victims.

User-driven sites lead to user-based bias.

We look back at a year ravaged by a global pandemic, economic downturn, political turmoil and the ever-worsening climate crisis.

Dr. Eric Lander is a pioneer in genomics. What role will he play in the new administration?

In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020’s scorching climate data.

A new study shows that beauty standards affect whether or not accusers are believed.

A fairly old idea, but a really good one, is about to hit the store shelves.

The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.

A new survey shows who believes what and how it differs from what Americans believe as a whole.

Plan S is starting to take hold, but the cost is merely shifting even more to the researchers.

Research from MIT’s School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative found making college more affordable cut dropout rates and boosted degree attainment.

A deeper appreciation for science and less unnecessary spending could be in our future.

Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government’s approach.

“The function of private media is to make money for the people who own the media. It is a business,” Sanders said.

Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?

Can we ever make energy efficient AI?

For too many people, a poor education is a destructive barrier in their lives—a source of limitation rather than opportunity. Together, we can change this.

An important step toward figuring out our space station future.

Google’s “Year in Search 2020” results reveal a year when “why” was searched more than ever.

The 2020 election cycle is not yet as wild as the 1876 election that made Rutherford B. Hayes president.

Humans churn out about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of material every year.

Carbon dating allows us to know exactly when ice was melted for drinking water in pre-Columbian America.

A new look at existing data by LSU researchers refutes the Trump administration’s claims.

The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.

Gun violence is a public health crisis that is notoriously difficult to study because of politics. Finally, a new research initiative has the green light to collect life-saving data.

The pieces don’t represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.

Here’s why you may want to opt-out of Amazon’s new shared network.

The rush to clean up outer space has begun.

New research spotlights how low-income Black households face greater financial distress and vulnerability as a result of the pandemic economic crisis.