The U.K. government is reportedly preparing to greenlight small-scale outdoor experiments aimed at reflecting solar radiation to cool the Earth.

A bill that would require students in health classes across New Hampshire to watch certain fetal development videos is moving ...

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Maryland might not be the first state that comes to mind when you think “legendary barbecue,” but that’s precisely what makes these discoveries so satisfying. Hidden between the crab shacks and ...

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that brings machine vision closer to how the human brain processes images. Called Lp-Convolution, this method improves the ...

British science fiction series Doctor Who returned with a new season on BBC iPlayer, featuring the Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa as the fifteenth Doctor in the franchise.

British science fiction series Doctor Who is back with its Season 2, featuring the fifteenth doctor of the franchise, Ncuti Gatwa.

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by two people from the show ... It looks like a classic cartoon crab. It's about the size of your palm, ...

On TikTok there are exceptional "testimonials" like Nikola Tesla or Marie Curie delivering short science-related messages that have garnered millions of views. This is just one of many examples where ...

Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

In recent years pets have earned the trust and admiration of users across social media with their cute and wholesome personalities, and according to science ... or if people believe they endorse ...