The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people. This time, test your ...

Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination.

The company also wants to beta-test the first batch of BlueBird satellites by beaming cellular connectivity to emergency ...

If you're feeling unsure about seeing a specialist for your hearing, you can always start with an online hearing test and see how that goes and even take the results to your doctor. Read more ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

It is hard to mend a broken heart, but in a few years doctors might be able to do essentially that. Scientists are closing in on ways to help patients grow new heart muscle after a heart attack ...

Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal government’s test-distribution program. And although this round of test ...

The intention, according to the study, was to test methods aimed at ensuring the integrity of published research. But the group neglected to fully document key aspects of the project ahead of ...

Yet I believe that change is possible. One way to improve Americans’ trust in experts may be to stimulate their curiosity in science. Those who express elevated interest in new discoveries ...

Radboud University Nijmegen researcher Marieke Wieringa recently carried out a series of experiments looking at how people reacted when asked to violently shake a test robot. In some cases ...

This fall — the start of cold and flu season — there are now at-home combo tests for both COVID and the flu. One thing hasn’t changed: Staying home is smart, and it’s an instinct that ...

A Chinese company says it has conducted a test flight of a prototype commercial transport plane that can travel at Mach 4 – or twice the speed of a Concorde. Space Transportation, which is ...