This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In my community of Madison, Wisc., where the ...

If you prefer discussing and explaining science to others more than performing it, technical communication may be the career path for you. While both science journalists and technical writers both ...

Allycia Uhrhan’s 6th graders at Truman Middle School in St. Louis started their field-science week collecting data on fish hatching at nearby Forest Park. But the trip really started the prior week, ...

Citations in the sciences are author-date, and page numbers are only included for direct quotes. This is not an arbitrary rule—this is because of the emphasis on newness in science, rather than simply ...

Correspondence to Dr Thomas Bandholm, Dept of Clinical Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre DK-2650, Denmark; thomas.quaade.bandholm{at}regionh.dk The REPORT guide ...

The COVID-19 pandemic flooded the public with both reporting and original scientific research. It was inescapable. Many people waded into these waters, if not for the first time, certainly more than ...

George Chalhoub argues for transparent and enforceable guidelines for regulating the use of AI in scientific peer review. "AI is a tool, not a decision-maker. Protecting the credibility of the ...

As researchers across disciplines continue to explore the potential benefits and applications of artificial intelligence (AI), Yale physicist Chiara M.F. Mingarelli recently tested the use of AI in ...