A new study explains why people still search for Bigfoot. It shows how simple tools, patience, and curiosity keep the mystery ...

Anurag Acharya’s problem was that the Google search bar is very smart, but also kind of dumb. As a Googler working on search 13 years ago, Acharya wanted to make search results encompass scholarly ...

The DNA inside of living organisms is packed with information, so much so that it's hard to search genetic databases, but ...

As scientific datasets increase in both size and complexity, the ability to label, filter and search this deluge of information has become a laborious, time-consuming and sometimes impossible task, ...

New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe's invisible mass. Figuring out ...

A paper in the journal Science examines the implications of the genetic search that found a serial killer last April. A bit of genetics, a few basic demographics and you can identify that needle in ...

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As we move rapidly through our first week back of 2023, I’m writing to announce national searches for named deanships in our College of Agriculture and our College of Science, beginning immediately.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is looking for another dean to guide its future in science, as the University moves resources and hiring slots into the field. On Monday, FAS Dean Tamar Gendler ...

If every mineral tells a story, then geologists now have their equivalent of The Arabian Nights. For the first time, scientists have cataloged every different way that every known mineral can form and ...

From ancient philosophers pondering the stars to modern scientists scanning distant exoplanets, humanity has long asked one haunting question: Are we alone? The search for life beyond Earth is one of ...