The 2018 midterms may be the most important vote today's generations will cast for science, technology, and the basic social contract in America. The future is at stake, literally.

CERN wants to investigate how antimatter falls by creating and dropping anti-hydrogen atoms, adding to our understanding of particle physics and its applications.

Nuclear pasta isn't exactly an awe-inspiring name, but it may be the strongest substance in the universe and it's found in only in the crust of neutron stars.

Another study shows that Americans still don't seem to understand how science works.

While pervasive, deceptive fake news seems to be a new phenomenon for the public, the science world has been trying to battle their version of it for years.

Tractor beams aren't just for aliens cruising Earth and looking for people to abduct anymore. In fact, you can build one yourself.

A project to replicate studies it found problematic is running into its own replication problems and not following experimental designs.

Peer review and editorial input at PLOS ONE are in trouble and scientists are very, very upset.

Congressman Lamar Smith desperately wants another Climategate and he's happy to abuse his power to manufacture one.

A new study showing that your through patterns are unique enough to be seen on a brain scan is being misinterpreted as a test run of an IQ detector.

A study of conspiracy theorists shows that conspiratorial ideation is actually a political, not a logical matter.

Over-quantification and commodification of research is encouraging bad behavior and slowing down scientists.

It's a lot easier to get your paper noticed and read if people can understand what you're trying to say and why. And scientists crunched the numbers to prove it.

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

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.