Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...

Winter means a lot of indoor time, and I've learned that science experiments are a lifesaver on those long, cold days. The best part? You don't need anything fancy. Baking soda, vinegar, food ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...

The 3rd annual STARward STEM Expo took place on Tuesday at Douglas Byrd High School in Fayetteville. The event hosted over 200 students representing teams from kindergarten through the 12th grade.

A multi-year study of the reliability of published social & behavioral science research has found that only about half of ...