SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Does the persuasive power of AI chatbots spell the beginning of the end for democracy? In one of the...

Each year, faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering are recognized with prestigious awards for...

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will undock from the station’s Prichal...

Over decades of covering the incredible advances being made in biology, I’ve seen how some ideas become fashionable, get...

Jenny ReesWales health correspondentAthika AhmedElen, 17, said boys on the youth panel played a big part in contributing to the design of the new resources, though typically boys and girls are still separated for these lessons in school."There's almost...

Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to Earth in 2020 and recently discovered...

Select walls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have been transformed into works of art. Each piece reflects creativity, collaboration, and the spirit of discovery. Painted by Texas students, the murals honor the legacy of the International Space Station and...

Important, previously unrecognized genetic changes common to all ancient and modern Homo sapiens spread in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, a new study finds.After that, the same investigation concludes, human evolution experienced a regional twist. Ancient southern Africans...

Dogs may be man’s best friend, but what if they boost our well-being not just by being our furry...

A new computer modeling tool developed by an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) research team will help infrastructure...