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Top Science Journal Would Empower Scientists to Rule on Income and Wealth
Reframing subjective policy issues as questions of objective “science” makes it easier to justify relying on “experts” for policy answers.
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The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs
Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.
On the 30th Anniversary of the CSC, Let’s Take Stock of Intelligent Design
Third Way and EES thinking shows that mainstream science is moving on a compass heading that is right in the direction of intelligent design.
Archaeologists Find Hundreds of Ancient Glyphs in the Amazon
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.
A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death
The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.
A Scientific Achievement That’s Totally Random
Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.
2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say
Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.
2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say
Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year’s record losses.
Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025. Fires in the Los Angeles area last year burned at least 90 square miles, killing at least 31 people and displacing more than 150,000.
© Loren Elliott for The New York Times
