SCIENCE

The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception. Read More

Scientists have devised a way of writing and storing messages by creating patterns of air bubbles in sheets of ice.Scientists have devised a way of writing and storing messages by creating patterns of air bubbles in sheets of ice. Read More

He chased eclipses for five decades, wrote several books about them and worked with NASA to make data accessible to nonscientist sky gazers.He chased eclipses for five decades, wrote several books about them and worked with NASA to make data accessible to nonscientist sky gazers. Read More

The directive, in a memo issued Tuesday, came after two court rulings that questioned the Trump administration’s swift cuts to funding.The directive, in a memo issued Tuesday, came after two court rulings that questioned the Trump administration’s swift cuts to funding. Read More

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore. Read More

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. Read

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that Gavi had “ignored the science” in immunizing children around the world.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that Gavi had “ignored the science” in immunizing children around the world. Read More

David Keeling would take over the workplace-safety agency just as it is considering rules to protect against extreme heat. His former employers, UPS and Amazon, have opposed the rules.David Keeling would take over the workplace-safety agency just as it is considering rules to protect against extreme heat. His former employers, UPS and Amazon, have opposed

The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism.The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism. Read More

Hints of a more skeptical approach to immunizations have already surfaced.Hints of a more skeptical approach to immunizations have already surfaced. Read More