Commentary / World Dec 30, 2020
The lesson of 2020: Security doesn’t mean what you think it does
by Jacob Parakilas
Science and technology will only take us so far when it comes to future threats, conventional or otherwise.
National Dec 9, 2020
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.
Commentary / World Oct 27, 2020
Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer
by Brad Glosserman
Emerging technology poses new and novel questions. Unfortunately, the time to answer them is growing short.
Commentary / World May 26, 2020
The pandemic is exposing the limits of science
by Ferdinando Giugliano
The financial crisis tarnished the field of economics; will COVID-19 do the same for medicine?
World / Science & Health May 5, 2020
Leaders struggle to balance science and politics as they set pandemic policy
Measures to protect health have come at a steep economic and social cost.
Commentary / World Apr 20, 2020
Why science won’t ace its COVID-19 test
by Ariel Procaccia
In normal times, the decentralization of research works remarkably well. In a crisis, the usual process is inadequate.
Commentary / World Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus uncertainty plagues the experts, too
by Faye Flam
There's a lot that scientists still don't know about COVID-19.
Commentary / World Mar 20, 2020
A silent hero of the coronavirus crisis
by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
Were it not for technology, the battle against COVID-19 would be lost by now.
Commentary / World Mar 7, 2020
Nothing is the end of the world
by Faye Flam
The physicist's optimism wasn't always politically correct, but it sure made a nice contrast to the doom and gloom.
Commentary / World Jan 2, 2020
Photos of black holes will blow our minds again in 2020
by Faye Flam
The most awe-inspiring scientific discovery of 2019 is just the beginning.
National Dec 4, 2019
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 ...