Scientists, along with the general public, have been amazed at the rapid advancements and public explosion of Large Language Model (LLM)-based AI tools over the past year. Many scientists have also ...

Funding organizations can fix the science publishing system—which currently puts profit first and science second—according to ...

We usually think of journalists as bringing us news about politics and world events. Analyzing a presidential election or an ongoing scandal helps inform us and holds powerful figures accountable on ...

Can California’s wet weather make earthquakes more likely? Scientists are still learning about what triggers these events. Even human activity can be a culprit.

The meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 exposed 572 million people to radiation. No other nuclear accident holds a candle to that level of public health impact.

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, ...

Congratulations to our faculty who received promotions from Purdue University's Board of Trustees. The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved faculty promotions for 27 College of Science faculty ...