Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

In the journal Science Advances, scientists in Sweden and the U.S. report the first-ever direct observation of a type of short-lived molecule that has shaped decades of thinking in atmospheric ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

A classroom experiment revealed how people are far more willing to help than we expect, and the biggest barrier to getting what we want is often that we never ask.