For the EmDrive and similar schemes to work would require radically different laws of physics. But something as trivial as physical impossibility isn't deterring its advocates...

The three constants of life seem to be death, taxes, and Chandra Wickramasinghe claiming space agencies are hiding proof of alien life.

Anti-GMO activists not swayed by reason or data are destroying text fields and crops in an effort to stop any and all research they can.

When you're trying to start carbon-based life, not just any carbon isotope will do and the one you need wouldn't even exist without a quirk of quantum mechanics.

Stingy academics inspired a new platform for those doing menial digital work, and not in a good way.

Studies into the health of workers and middle managers leads to the inescapable conclusion that today's work culture is making us miserable and unhealthy.

Michael LaCour's groundbreaking study on how just talking to an LGBT person could change homophobic attitudes was a fraud. But why did it take so longer to uncover it and what does it mean for other researchers?

Unfortunately, the Higgs particle doesn't explain the origins of dark matter, sending cosmologists looking for new particles to help fill in the blanks.

When thinking about AI, we often focus on human analogs. But what if we consider a non-human intelligence for a change?

Particle physicists managed to confirm virtually everything about the Standard Model. Now they're stuck with very little wiggle room to explain some of the universe's oddest mysteries.

Instead of erasing and pathologizing transgenderism, we should be studying it to unlock answers to long standing questions about sex and gender.

Of all the things you could get transplanted, your head should not make the list. The risks are far too great and better methods are on the horizon.

The future of meat isn't exactly not meat, at least not yet. But there is one way we could convince at least some people to start eating meat that doesn't come from an animal...

New designs for potential single stage to orbit space planes won't replace rockets. But they could handle crews while the rockets handle cargo.

A longform article on GMOs in Elle demonstrates why you really shouldn't be getting your scientific advice from fashion magazines.