Imagine being summoned as a juror in a murder trial. The expert responsible for analyzing DNA traces at the crime scene has just explained that they match the defendant's profile. "Then the culprit ...

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences has collated and analyzed the ...

Art and science can be aligned in different ways. We describe one use of art as a tool: using ambiguity to evoke curiosity.

Every year, the high-profile academic journal "Science" names ten groundbreaking discoveries in a top list of scientific breakthroughs. For 2024, "Science" chose the drug lenacapavir and its potential ...

Data from nations around the world can be used to develop strategies for dementia prevention, treatment, and care, according to “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Dementia and Related Population ...

Yet despite decades of research, no treatment has been created that arrests Alzheimer’s cognitive deterioration, let alone reverses it. That dismal lack of progress is partly because of the infinite ...

Trump’s nominees have big plans for remaking the federal health agencies, with consequences for university scientists who receive billions in funding.

Authors Ian Tregillis and George R.R. Martin develop a formula to capture the dynamics driving viral behavior in the Wild ...

Altermagnetism was first theorized in 2019 and experimentally confirmed in 2024 by researchers at Mainz University. It ...

Part artist and part engineer, the conceptual artist and musician Beatie Wolfe is inviting visitors into her head.

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The Courier Journal is recognizing outstanding high school students and giving you an opportunity to help choose the best of ...