With bird nesting season just around the corner, I went on a hunt to see what the newest recommendations in building, monitoring and maintaining birdhouses might be. I stumbled upon an article on ...

As a result, the debate in psychology has implicitly become one of science versus culture, with science, by default, coming to mean biology-- evolutionary psychology and behavior genetics --and ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

This is an Open Letter responding to several harsh criticisms of Socialism AI posted by Professor Tony Williams in the comments section of the WSWS. Professor Williams, well-known and respected for ...

The holidays are here, which means you’re probably thinking about gifts — what to buy, whom to give to and how much to spend. Gift-giving is often framed as a source of stress and obligation, but a ...

According to Tom McKone (“Science, religion or both?”), “science is all about evidence, asking questions, collecting objective information, and drawing conclusions. It can take us pretty far, but it ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

Competing policy efforts to lower drug prices could muddy the waters of drug pricing and leave patients unable to afford their prescription medications. Drug companies are essentially forced to abide ...

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Seattle is the most highly educated big city in the United States. In my last column, I reported on 2024 census data showing a remarkable 70% of Seattle residents age 25 and older have a bachelor’s ...

“Mineral-only” sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of “chemicals”, a belief that “mineral” products are inherently safer, and confusion about how sunscreens ...

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