Shohamy is director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University and co-director of Columbia’s Kavli Institute for Brain Science. I recently sat with a young scientist ...

It also revealed a deeper division between science and the humanities — quiet now but with a Harvard history. Viewpoint diversity means wanting more conservatives, not a further sprinkling of ...

On July 3, 1945, 10 German scientists who had worked on Germany’s nuclear program were interned by the Allies at a country mansion called Farm Hall, in Godmanchester, England, about 20 miles ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The hits to science, and scientists, keep coming under the Trump administration.

While none of the proposed substitutes outperform existing PFAS yet, the best alternatives are approaching the same performance in certain water-repelling applications, scientists report in the ...

Scientists have mapped what are essentially the bones, blood vessels and nervous system of a "zombie volcano" to develop a comprehensive look inside. The Bolivian volcano Uturuncu hasn't erupted ...

Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new University of Georgia study that found when researchers use humor in their communication ...

Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new study that found when researchers use humor in their communication -- particularly online ...

But now, scientists across biology, neuroscience, and physics are seriously looking at something once thought untestable: the possibility that human consciousness might alter reality. One emerging ...

One continuing challenge is the need to suppress transplant patients' immune systems to prevent their bodies from rejecting the transplant. Genetic engineering to prevent rejection has long been ...

The Free Press Journal spoke with deceased Sanjay Lele's brother, Kaushik Lele ... Notably, Lele's wife, Kavita (46) had suffered a paralysis attack recently, however, had recovered enough ...

That tradition is under threat in ways it has never been before as Donald Trump’s administration engages in the mass firing of scientists in the federal government, cuts funding to scientific ...