Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm. Maybe you can picture a swarm of sperm cells battling each other ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm. Maybe you can picture a swarm of sperm cells ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American This is the third and final installment of my ...

In the quest for knowledge, science often prides itself on objectivity and empirical evidence. It is often contrasted with lived experience, which is defined as innately subjective and clearly in ...

The goal of science writing, just like any other type of writing, is to communicate ideas and information to an audience as efficiently and effectively as possible. Like other types of writing, ...

A hoax. A scam. A conspiracy theory perpetuated by the left. There has been no shortage of fear-mongering and name-calling when it comes to the discussion of the climate crisis. Especially with ...

Julie Gould is a freelance journalist in London, and produces the Nature Careers Podcast. In the first episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series, Julie Gould explores the history of ...

Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say. Scientists should experiment with creative ways of ...