Feb. 16—Note to self, Albuquerqueans: If you hear a big boom, followed by a big fireball, then see some smoke in the coming weeks, don't be alarmed. Sandia's just trying something out. During the last ...

Several years ago, while drug overdose deaths skyrocketed nationwide, Oregon decriminalized many illegal drugs. It was called Measure 110, and after voters gave approval, the new rules went online in ...

A new book covering the history of scientific inquiry invites us to marvel at the elegance of experimentation. Some philosophers have argued that “beauty” in science stands as a proxy for truth. Many ...

Harvard scientists plan to launch a balloon this summer to test the equipment needed for the first geoengineering experiments in the stratosphere. Trapped inside a long glass tube in a ground-floor ...

Twitch has a new page where it lists some of the experiments it’s running, describes how they work, and says how long they’ll stick around. Twitch has a new page where it lists some of the experiments ...

Social scientists have long run audit experiments to transport lab standards to the field. Researchers might send largely identical résumés to recruiters, or credit reports to bankers, varying only ...

Now if you just read that and turned up your nose it is likely that the ingredient that offends you was the Brussels sprout. Many people hate the smell and the taste of them. Well, if you do dislike ...

Kengo Yamada remembers asking a class of kindergartners where they thought wind came from. “One said, ‘Trees make wind,’” says the associate director of early childhood education at New Jersey’s ...

Medical experiments on dogs at the Department of Veterans Affairs are warranted in some cases, but the agency should adopt more expansive guidelines to determine when it is “scientifically necessary” ...