Science and Technolgy blog
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale, and dissemination of bogus scholarly research. These paper mills are profiting by undermining the literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make…
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH—Last week, ahead of the annual Rolex 24 at Daytona and the start of the North American road racing season, IMSA…
Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.
The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31.
A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into “zombies” was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.
Think you know Mars? Test your knowledge of our neighboring planet’s size, surface, history and more.
Donald Trump’s political rise has been closely tied to the grievances of White Americans who feel left behind by societal changes. A 2021 study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin provides insight into one source of this discontent:…
In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country’s top health official and control the mammoth $1.7 trillion agency. Kennedy would…
A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.
Rather than helping each other out when they’re attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses.
