Science shows why simplifying is hard and complicating is easy
Spotting solutions that are simple and elegant, in other words, requires mental effort or what the Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman calls slow as opposed to fast thinking.
The lesson of 2020: Security doesn’t mean what you think it does
Science and technology will only take us so far when it comes to future threats, conventional or otherwise.
Japanese junior high students achieve record math scores again in international test
Scores in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study survey "remain at internationally high levels," the education ministry said.
Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer
Emerging technology poses new and novel questions. Unfortunately, the time to answer them is growing short.
The pandemic is exposing the limits of science
The financial crisis tarnished the field of economics; will COVID-19 do the same for medicine?
Why science won’t ace its COVID-19 test
In normal times, the decentralization of research works remarkably well. In a crisis, the usual process is inadequate.
Coronavirus uncertainty plagues the experts, too
There's a lot that scientists still don't know about COVID-19.
A silent hero of the coronavirus crisis
Were it not for technology, the battle against COVID-19 would be lost by now.
Nothing is the end of the world
The physicist's optimism wasn't always politically correct, but it sure made a nice contrast to the doom and gloom.
Photos of black holes will blow our minds again in 2020
The most awe-inspiring scientific discovery of 2019 is just the beginning.
In international test, Japan sinks to lowest-ever rank for students' reading skills
In a triennial international survey on academic ability, Japanese students ranked at their lowest level ever for reading skills while remaining in the top band for science and mathematics, the OECD said Tuesday. The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment tests covered about 600,000 15-year-old ...
