In this episode from January 2025, Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose new book explores what science can reveal about racism, the inventive methods scientists have used to study it and the scientifically proven ways of tackling racism and discrimination

A new study could offer some hope for reinstating and rejuvenating old memories. The idea builds off a theory based around “mental time travel,” which suggests mentally traveling back to the time of a memory can revive the details of the memory and essentially reset the forgetting curve. It’s an interesting hypothesis that could offer […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The 17 experts who were ousted from a government vaccine committee last month say they have little faith in what the panel has become, and have outlined possible alternative ways to make U.S. vaccine policy. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, […]

At first glance, art and science might seem like opposite worlds — one driven by imagination and emotion, the other by data and precision — but at their core, both seek to explore and explain the world around us. When these two fields intersect, they spark creativity, deepen understanding and invite new ways of interpreting […]

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies … More before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Zeldin testified on the fiscal year 2026 Environmental Protection Agency budget. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) […]

Vinay Prasad, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chief medical and science officer, has left the health regulator, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, said on Tuesday, confirming an earlier news report.

An effort to organize a state science fair continues in Missouri despite Governor Mike Kehoe vetoing funds that would have gone toward a statewide science event for students.

A new Earth-observing satellite, built by NASA and India’s space agency, will be sent into orbit on Wednesday.