By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

It’s an interesting study, to be sure — if only the headlines actually described it. Turns out, only about 6 percent of the ...

Em dash is the mightiest punctuation mark — the craftiest would be comma — in the entire English language. It is also now facing extinction because of ChatGPT.

When two fluids don't mix well, they sometimes form strange patterns called "viscous fingering," or Saffman-Taylor ...

No piece of punctuation, though, stirs people up more than the humble semicolon. Too demure to be a colon but more assertive than a comma, the semicolon was introduced in 1494 by Venetian printer ...

There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.

New high-definition drone footage shows the apex predators using a tool made of kelp.

EXCLUSIVE: The White House Office of Science and Technology directed federal agencies to implement “Gold Standard Science" and de-politicize science and restore public trust.

Toothed whales use sound to find their way around, detect objects, and catch fish. They can investigate their environment by making clicking sounds, and then decoding the "echoic return signal ...

News News: Punctuation plays a vital role in shaping how writing is understood. From full stops to semicolons, each mark helps guide meaning, structure, and emot ...

Love or detest it, the semicolon is the most divisive punctuation mark of the modern era. Should we even care?

Seeing a semicolon is becoming increasingly rare; it seems that writers—especially young ones—don't understand how to use them. Instances of the misunderstood piece of punctuation in English ...