Older adults tend to do well at identifying falsehoods in experiments, but they’re also likelier than younger adults to like and share misinformation online. That paradox was at the heart of a recent ...

Chemical biologist Greg Verdine was driving from his North Shore home to his office in Cambridge when he had to pull over to the side of the road. Verdine was listening to the podcast “Interesting ...

One-third of young scientists who were planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025, according to a new survey, with fewer expecting to remain in higher education ...

David Malan: At first, it was very experimental. ChatGPT came out in November of 2022, and starting in the spring of 2023, we ...

Maria Tatar has spent her career tracing the evolution of folk and fairy tales, explaining why they still matter.

It started with idea to help beleaguered fishermen. Now marine science lab promotes healthy fisheries, trains local workforce ...

With exhibits including a dodo, fish mummified in pearl, and a ‘King Kong’-connected Komodo, ‘discovering the stories is one ...

Are we shaping our feeds or are they shaping us — and is this healthy? Faculty weigh in recommendation algorithms.

Law School initiative examines U.S. national security, role of Congress, emergence of AI in bid to prepare future leaders ...

The conception of democracy has changed and expanded since the framers crafted the early foundations of representative ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the estimated percentage of 2030 new car sales that would be made up of EVs from 32 percent to 38 percent. A new analysis of U.S. electric vehicle ...