Science is known for precision, but sometimes the names it produces sound almost unbelievable. From oddly named particles to strangely labeled species, some terms seem more humorous than scientific.

As the 2026 Winter Olympics get underway in Italy this week, Eli Lilly—a partner of both Team USA and the Milan Cortina Games as a whole—is rolling out a new corporate campaign inspired by the event.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new draft guidance modernizing statistical methodologies used in clinical trials, formally recognizing ...

ABSTRACT: Purpose and Design: This paper develops and empirically validates a SMART-based SEFVF framework to reform Egypt’s existing financial valuation standards (EFVS). Using a mixed-method approach ...

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The Trump administration spent 2025 taking a sledgehammer to science, obliterating funding and reshaping agencies like the FDA and the National Institutes of Health through layoffs and restrictive new ...

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AI and digital integration are reshaping the scientific method, emphasizing interconnected digital and physical experimentation while valuing human creativity. AI tools shift focus from processes to ...

Each year around this time, we ask the staff of Scientific American to recommend the best books they read this year. Here are the 67 new favorites and old classics that kept us turning the pages in ...

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