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US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.

Prime Minister urges researchers to take innovations from laboratory to land and ensure measurable outcomes

A central tenet in computer science has apparently been disproven by OpenAI, a result that will force textbooks to be rewritten if it is confirmed

Arab voters have gone to polling stations in substantial numbers across Israel in a surge that could prove decisive in forming the country’s next government. By midmorning on Tuesday, the overall turnout in Israel’s election was the highest since 1981, and that was reflected in Nazareth, which has an almost entirely Arab population of Muslims and Christians.

US Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr. has said that Arabs don’t produce science, literature, or win Nobel prizes.

OpenAI said its models generated proof that the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false. It also released new results for math and physics problems.

OpenAI's announcement is the latest in a series of claimed scientific breakthroughs credited to AI.

Less than a month after its mass release of hundreds of manuscripts that it said contained solutions to long-standing mathematics questions, OpenAI is back with three more "major" discoveries in math, computer science, and physics. What's different this time is the choice to have external experts that OpenAI describes as "shepherds" guiding the results in […

<p>Anthropic is preparing to go public, and new documents show how the lab hopes to control its technology while also pushing the limits of what AI can do</p>

A stretch of water in the west of the continent is now called the Amos Channel after the ex-BBC journalist.

ENQUÊTE - Précarité des doctorants, dépendance aux directeurs de recherche, signalements sans suite apparente… Un rapport reconnaît les mécanismes qui favorisent les violences sexistes et sexuelles dans la recherche. Associations et victimes dénoncent des protections encore insuffisantes.

NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding cooperation in Earth observation, geospatial analytics, and advanced data technologies, supporting USDA’s data modernization plan for United States agriculture. “NASA develops some of the most advanced sensing, computing, and analytical capabilities in the

ENQUÊTE - Ils ont découvert la science-fiction enfant. Devenus les hommes les plus riches du monde, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg ou Peter Thiel rêvent de transformer leurs livres de chevet en réalité.

The available evidence does not establish widespread penguin starvation caused by the sardine mortality event, nor does it support a complete fishing moratorium as the only scientifically defensible response. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment adopted a precautionary, restricted and reviewable fishing approach while further scientific

Dans sa chronique, Stéphane Foucart, journaliste au « Monde » se penche sur une « note scientifique » faisant état de fortes préoccupations quant aux effets sanitaires et environnementaux de l’acétamipride. Celle-ci n’a pas été publiée et donc jamais portée à la connaissance des parlementaires chargés de voter la loi d’urgence agricole.

A superconducting material studied for 40 years has turned out to be far more complex than scientists believed. Advanced 3D imaging revealed a hidden patchwork of crystal structures, with unusually wide boundaries that may weaken superconductivity. The discovery challenges decades of scientific assumptions and could explain why some superconductors outperfor

Discover the scientific basis for traditional Yoruba practices like using herbs for childbirth, food preservation with charcoal, and coronation rituals. Read More: https://punchng.com/the-chemistry-of-taboo-decoding-yoruba-indigenous-science/

A groundbreaking study challenges 70 years of assumptions about how human language works. By analyzing billions of word uses, scientists discovered that meaning is organized around power, danger, and order rather than emotion alone. Even more surprisingly, human language shows a powerful hidden preference for safety, suggesting that our words may reflect anc

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/9sNtdQ/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/09/06/8e880ebb-f002-4c63-a6c9-73a141c0883c.webp">Theresa Hannigs "Parts Per Million" trifft aus der nahen Zukunft mitten in die Gegenwart der Rekordhitze und Trockenheit

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said Friday his minis...

The omission of Henrietta Lacks, who donated the immortal cells that have facilitated biomedical research, from scientific history is a rare wrong that has been righted, recently. Thanks to the battle her family fought, today, more regulations will govern ethical research.

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Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startup’s human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.

The Trump administration’s plan to supercharge scientific discovery.

NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall.

<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s nominee to replace Stone, James O&rsquo;Neill, has yet to have a confirmation hearing in the Senate, leaving the future leadership of the NSF unclear</p>

Do non-human animals have inner lives? Definitely, argued the late primatologist Frans de Waal, and he spent his life proving it. Michael Marshall enjoys his last book, Minds I've Met

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NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special cartridge with the cell‑ink mixture. The advanced research operations were part of the InSPA‑Auxilium Bioprinter‑Cell Printing investigatio

<p><i>Scientific American</i> spoke to the candidate for Massachusetts&rsquo;s fourth congressional district about climate change, misinformation and why, when it comes to health care, some socialism may be required</p>

<p>The Major Research Instrumentation program offers grants of up to $4 million to scientists buying or developing research equipment</p>

<p>Play this crossword inspired by the November 2026 issue of<i> Scientific American</i></p>

<p>In 1926 we wrote about how there was a good chance Mars had both plants and animals. And in 1876 we probed the duplicity of the artificial butter business</p>