Understanding and solving environmental challenges increasingly requires a combination of expertise from across multiple disciplines. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program ...

New research from the University of Kansas has found that an intervention based on the science of reading and math effectively helped English learners boost their comprehension, visualize and ...

One of the most difficult problems in neuroscience and philosophy is the study of consciousness. How does consciousness arise from physical matter? In a 1995 paper, philosopher David Chalmers dubbed ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American For Gurpreet Dhaliwal, just about every ...

LA JOLLA, CA--June 21, 2016--Game players constitute an important demographic in the citizen science community and have contributed to valuable scientific findings, such as those uncovered by fold.it ...

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

The world’s bees are in big trouble — even more than you might have realized. Last year the U.S. lost a mind-boggling 44 percent of its honeybee colonies. Certain bee species — including the ...

Game players constitute an important demographic in the citizen science community and have contributed to valuable scientific findings such as those uncovered by fold.it and eyewire players. Although ...

I teach introductory physics at the University of Southern Mississippi. Physics has a reputation as being among the most difficult subjects. I don’t think this is true, but the perception is real, and ...