What We're Reading

IN this essay, two scientists explain how volunteering with an organization can improve communication and help you adapt to the unexpected.

Prosecutors say Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard’s chemistry department, lied about contacts with China’s Thousand Talents Program, a state-run initiative that seeks to draw foreign-educated talent.

Two rhenium atoms approach and retreat from one another in an electron microscope video

The National Science Foundation has begun rolling out its biennial science and engineering indicators, which finds that the U.S. is no longer the uncontested leader in science globally thanks to China's big spending efforts.

Meaningful, scientifically valid insights don’t always have to come from large groups, which can miss important detail in studies of pain, nutrition, psychology and other highly personal health issues.

Researchers found a previously unknown alphavirus, one that infects only mosquitoes. They named it the Yada Yada virus, in part because it cannot attack humans and is therefore irrelevant to health.

The "triple slit" experiment, an update to the classic “double slit” demonstration of particle-wave duality, paves the way toward a novel strategy for quantum computing.

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) also spots an alien world orbiting two stars.

As happens when the tech industry gets involved, hype surrounds the claims that artificial intelligence will help patients and even replace some doctors.

Could artificial intelligence improve the accuracy of screening for breast cancer? A comparison of the diagnostic performance of expert physicians and computers suggests so, but the clinical implications are as yet uncertain.