Recently in Science

Showing 1–20 of 1142
Happy Bicycle Day! How a Swiss Chemist Accidentally Gave Himself the World’s First Acid Trip.

Jon Kelvey

April 19, 2018 1:36 PM
Are Student Evaluations Really Affected by Gender? Nope, They’re Affected by “Hotness.”

Pascal Wallisch and Julie Cachia

April 17, 2018 1:30 PM
NASA Launches Its New Exoplanet Hunter Monday. Yes, It’s Looking for Aliens.

Neel V. Patel

April 16, 2018 10:20 AM
Can We Please Stop Talking About Generations as if They Are a Thing?

David Costanza

April 13, 2018 9:00 AM
Did a Lack of Local News Help Trump’s Victory? It’s a Tough Theory to Prove.

Alex Barasch

April 10, 2018 4:50 PM
Yes, Being a Woman in Science Is Hard. That’s Why We’re Trying to Change It.

Maryam Zaringhalam

April 06, 2018 5:26 PM
An Incomplete List of Scandal-Prone Scott Pruitt’s EPA Scandals

Rebecca Leber

April 05, 2018 5:49 PM
I’ve Worked for Republican and Democratic EPA Administrators. Scott Pruitt Is Killing the Agency.

Joe Arvai

April 05, 2018 9:00 AM
In This Ancient City, Even Commoners Lived in Palaces

Michael E. Smith

April 03, 2018 10:30 AM
Africa’s Split Will Take Millions of Years. What Does It Mean For People Living There Now?

Alex Barasch

April 02, 2018 8:20 PM
Want to Understand Food Insecurity? Talk to the Children Living Through It.

Lela Nargi

April 02, 2018 2:37 PM
Why Trump’s Decision to Allow Drilling on Our Coasts Is So Shocking

John Asterita, Brian Palmer, and Jonathan Sweeney

March 28, 2018 11:53 AM
Can You Criticize Science (or Do Science) Without Looking Like an Obsessive? Maybe Not.

Andrew Gelman

March 26, 2018 9:00 AM
A Chemical in Paint Remover Is a Known Killer. Why Won’t the EPA Ban It?

Jamie Smith Hopkins

March 26, 2018 8:00 AM
Wildlife Populations Are Plummeting and We Barely Notice

Henry Grabar

March 23, 2018 9:00 AM
Meteorologists Weigh in on Exactly How Bad This Winter Has Been

Geoff Fox

March 21, 2018 7:44 PM
Trawling the Depths of Blue Planet II With Slate’s Science Writers

Alex Barasch, Kirsten Berg, Jacob Brogan, Daniel Engber, and Susan Matthews

March 16, 2018 4:43 PM
A Brief History of Time Changed Our Perception of Physics and Its Mass Appeal

Dan Falk

March 14, 2018 7:01 PM
Stephen Hawking’s Disability Activism Was as Invaluable as his Science

Alex Barasch

March 14, 2018 6:03 PM
Blue Planet II Captivated Audiences Abroad. Why Didn’t America Care?

Alex Barasch

March 13, 2018 6:41 PM