Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and a Nobel laureate whose work transformed how central banks and government leaders understand the economy, ...

Palm prints are discovered at between 25 and 30 percent of all crime scenes, researchers estimate, but are rarely used in criminal investigations.

Astronomers have identified the birth of a magnetar, a hyper-magnetized neutron star, by detecting a subtle warping of space-time predicted by Einstein’s general relativity. The discovery came from ...

Alzheimer’s disease, or AD, is a terrible illness that is currently affecting 7.2 million adults in the United States. The Alzheimer’s Association predicts that without improved medical research and t ...

Modern-day LLMs are "fiction machines," designed not to be truthful but to make sense. What can we expect from these machines, and what are their limitations?

Birth order theory is a concept in family dynamics psychology that posits sibling position may influence personality traits. Here's what the evidence says.

From tiny cells to vast cities, life persists by keeping chaos under control. The same thermodynamic forces that cause coffee ...

This study examined the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and grief outcomes among adults who experienced ...

Neutrinos are extremely lightweight and electrically neutral particles that rarely interact with ordinary matter. Due to ...

Quantitative finance continues to debate the reliability and limits of model-driven investment strategies. Read more here.

Despite significant mathematical refinements, econometrics has shown the weaknesses of its logical underpinnings, primarily during economic turning points—financial crises, pandemics, and geopolitical ...