In various contexts, for practical, philosophical, and logical reasons, there is a default assumption. In the criminal justice system, for example, someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. T ...

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

Dr. Michael Segal wraps up the terminal-lucidity debate.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Where and when the Covid-19 pandemic began — in Wuhan, China in late 2019 — is well known. How it began is a matter of heated controversy. There are two competing hypotheses, one of which is hindering ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For ...

The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red.

Everyone knows that the fall brings flu season, replete with aches, pains and a new version of the vaccine. But why is cold ...

Mercado is a cognitive scientist and a 2023 fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. He knows how certain sounds, such as whale ...

Astronomers were surprised to find phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James ...

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among ...