A wonderfully fun study published in February 2022 asked a provocative question: what are the physiological determinants of trail running performance? The authors had me hooked in the abstract. So I ...

A new AI program observed physical phenomena and uncovered relevant variables -- a necessary precursor to any physics theory. But the variables it discovered were unexpected. A precursor step to ...

A new image taken with the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VISTA survey telescope reveals the famous Trifid Nebula in a new and ghostly light. By observing in infrared light, astronomers can see ...

Can a computer simulation help guide the United States toward producing more and better-qualified math and science students? A team of engineers from the Raytheon Co. thinks so. Today, after three ...

The Pleiades is one of the most recognizable groups of stars in the northern sky. While to the naked eye this feature appears as seven bright stars, the Pleiades is actually a young open cluster about ...

Cell, the flagship biology journal of Cell Press, presents a landmark issue on sex and gender in science. It includes a collection of articles on topics related to strategies for promoting gender ...