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The hard truth behind history’s most notorious scientific experiments

A record of scientific ambition at its worst and best, where progress, power and ethics collided and changed global rules forever.
Science Daily

Scientists create effective 'spark plug' for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion experiments

Scientists completed several successful attempts to fire 28 kilojoules of laser energy at small capsules filled with deuterium and tritium fuel, causing the capsules to implode and produce a plasma ...
SpaceNews

Lectures to Cover Engineering Challenges of ‘Hard Rock’ Science

Scientists and engineers don’t always dance to the beat of the same drum, especially when it comes to “hard rock” science — the study of intact, crystallized rocks on other planets, which may provide ...
WESH

The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?

BE AN ASTRONAUT. BY DRESSING LIKE ONE. GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS, AND WELCOME BACK TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPACE. ALSO ...
The New York Times

Science Keeps Changing. So Why Should We Trust It?

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...
Nature

‘Doing good science is hard’: retraction of high-profile reproducibility study prompts soul-searching

A paper by some of the biggest names in scientific integrity is retracted for issues including misstatements about the research plan. The authors agree with only one of the journal’s concerns, which ...