Science has given us so much. We ultimately owe speedy transportation, enthralling entertainment, life-saving advances, full bellies, and longer, healthier lives to individuals who asked questions, ...

A new, three-part series, “Searching, Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science,” now airing on public television, features MIT physicist and author Alan Lightman, who explores timeless and deep ...

The specialized meaning of science words can lead to public confusion when the media apply scientific terms out of context. A poignant example recently occurred when the media reported the Antarctic ...

IN FEBRUARY 2026, a team of four theoretical physicists published a paper on the non-peer-reviewed repository site arxiv, along with a co-author Kevin Weil.Weil is a product manager at OpenAI and was ...