The ability to automate the discovery process in some areas of scientific inquiry raises unanswered questions about how ...

The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear ...

Artificial intelligence is influencing many aspects of society, including science. Writing in Nature, Hao et al. 1 report a paradox: the adoption of AI tools in the natural sciences expands scientists ...

Four University of Chicago scholars were named 2025 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for ...

There have been a number of high-profile cases where scientific papers have had to be retracted because they were filled with AI-generated slop—the most recent coming just two weeks ago. These ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the Aug. 27 opening of two new science research institutes in which the University of Chicago is a partner: the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in ...

Mr. Zeller is the author of “The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction.” “What a headache!” we might say about the stalled subway or the broken printer. It’s shorthand for life’s ...

The 2026 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows has been selected. The 32 fellows are recent PhDs who’ve been nominated as some of ...

PCAST, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, is generally not a high-profile group. It tends to be ...

Quantum Science and Engineering is the study and application of the principles of quantum mechanics (such as superposition and entanglement) to develop new technologies that surpass the limits of ...

A State College-area high school student will return home from spring break with a major research prize under his belt.