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Why some settled science is being revisited again

There's a quiet tension running through modern science. On one side, research institutions and public health agencies lean on ...
C&EN

The tools we build become the questions we ask

Mona Minkara is in her office with multicolored molecular-model supplies on her desk. Her eyes peek out through holes in a red-and-white model she is inspecting with her hands. The model is about the ...
The Hill

New study on monkeys using stone tools raises questions about evolution

Monkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by early humans — challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution. A new study published ...
Quanta Magazine

How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science

Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.” Inside Manu Prakash are two ...
CNN

Archaeologists unearthed a cache of stone tools. Neanderthals may have made them, study finds

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Stone tools ...
Nature

Survey-taking AI tools surpass human abilities. Here’s what we can do about it

Folco Panizza is assistant professor of prosocial behaviour and decision making at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy. Surveys are a cornerstone of social-science research. Over the ...