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The lesson of 2020: Security doesn’t mean what you think it does

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.

Japanese junior high students achieve record math scores again in international test

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.

Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer

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.

The pandemic is exposing the limits of science

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?

Leaders struggle to balance science and politics as they set pandemic policy

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.

Why science won’t ace its COVID-19 test

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.

Joseph Everett: Learn to make your own healthy decisions

People | 20 QUESTIONS Mar 28, 2020

Joseph Everett: Learn to make your own healthy decisions

by Annette Pacey

Joseph Everett shares what he's learned as a YouTuber

Coronavirus uncertainty plagues the experts, too

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.

A silent hero of the coronavirus crisis

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.

Photos of black holes will blow our minds again in 2020

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.

In international test, Japan sinks to lowest-ever rank for students' reading skills

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 ...

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