We often talk about science as if it were a purely logical enterprise. Yet, the way we ask questions—and even the kind of questions we think matter—is shaped by something far older than the scientific ...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the question of what will ultimately win: the scientific method, an approach to learning about the world by coming up with theories and testing those theories against ...

Autonomous laboratories and AI-driven experimentation are increasingly transforming how scientific discovery is conducted in chemistry, materials science, ...

An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge scientific discovery. An ambitious start-up embodies new optimism that artificial intelligence can turbocharge ...

One of the things I love most about science is that sometimes it gets things wrong. In other disciplines, errors are fatal; chefs don’t benefit from poisoning their patrons. But scientists learn early ...