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In 2023, this “Citizen Science” column focused on distinguishing science from pseudoscience; in 2024, we sought to demystify energy by studying the various flavors of real energy. This year, we’ll ...

Gene editing and plant domestication are essential to protect food supplies in a worsening climate, according to an international team of researchers, led by The University of Western Australia. In ...

Since 2016, Microsoft Word users have had access to Smart Lookup, a nifty feature that lets you right-click on a word or phrase and bring up definitions, synonyms, and relevant links to sites like ...

Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing interest. All that’s needed: brave volunteers. Credit...Jon Han Supported ...

“I guess my concern then is that they don’t want to live in a state where the legislators are afraid of science words, because that’s really what this comes down to. Not changing the concept ...

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word ...

This article provides an overview of the use of pseudowords—letter strings that resemble real words by adhering to phonotactic and orthotactic rules (e. g., fambo follows the rules of English ...

The longest word not in the dictionary is the scientific full name for the largest known protein found in the human body. The scientific name for titin has 189,819 letters. It takes around three hours ...