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The hard truth behind history’s most notorious scientific experiments

Science has saved lives, lengthened lifespans, and helped humanity understand itself. But the record is not clean. Some experiments crossed ethical lines, treating people as disposable data and ...

Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science. An astrophysicist breaks it down

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...
Science Daily

Scientists create effective 'spark plug' for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion experiments

Scientists completed several successful attempts to fire 28 kilojoules of laser energy at small capsules filled with deuterium and tritium fuel, causing the capsules to implode and produce a plasma ...
Scientific American

AI-designed experiments run by robots hint at a new approach to biology

Researchers at OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks showed that an AI model working with an autonomous lab can design and iterate real ...
WESH

The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?

BE AN ASTRONAUT. BY DRESSING LIKE ONE. GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS, AND WELCOME BACK TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPACE. ALSO ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard’s New Science Dean Wants Students to Tackle ‘Genuinely Hard Problems’

Harvard College Dean of Science Jeff W. Lichtman wants to reshape how undergraduates are solving problems. Lichtman — who was appointed as Dean of Science in July — said in an interview with The ...