A new study finds that when young kids find loopholes, or sneaky work-arounds, for instructions, they must apply advanced ...

DOGE needs to completely rethink its efforts to increase the efficiency of the federal agencies that fund research in the US.

Wildfires, floods, and heat waves are intensifying, yet the failure to plan for climate extremes will result in mounting ...

Traditional risk management, which leaves decision making in the hands of division heads, can lead to siloed evaluations that do not account ... at odds with local assessments on the ground.

What do cheese, sauerkraut and yeast dough have in common? Their production is only possible with the help of bacteria or fungi. The microorganisms initiate fermentation or maturing processes and thus ...

Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was the scientist who was labelled a conspiracist when she went against the official view it ...

When science reporters miss the chance to pick up on these storylines, the public can miss out on opportunities to get ...

Kiel/Rønne. It is well known that the Baltic Sea is contaminated with remnants of munitions from past wars. However, many questions remain about the exact locations of these munitions and their ...

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by ...

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by ...

For example, if you have a relatively high risk tolerance, along with the time and desire to research individual stocks (and to learn how to do it right), that could be the best way to go.

Lenton, the founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, was the lead author of the 2008 paper that formally introduced the idea of tipping points in the Earth’s ...