Science Focus

Try not to smile at these 5 feel-good science stories from 2025

We run down five of the best good-news science stories from 2025 – from beating ageing to uncovering the distant Universe ...
Cal Alumni Association

Being Kind Is Good for Your Health (The Science of Happiness Podcast)

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Join our limited newsletter The Science of Habits to get curated, science-backed tips to help make your New Years resolution stick in 2024. This week, ...
Cal Alumni Association

Encore: The Science of a Good Night’s Sleep (The Science of Happiness Podcast)

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. This week we revisit our science-backed tips for a good night’s sleep with sleep scientist Eti Ben Simon and host of the Sleep with Me podcast Drew ...
Astronomy

Why good science is needed more than ever, and so is good faith

The following is an excerpt from Paul Sutter’s Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt, from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Science makes for poor politics, which makes it ripe for ...
STAT

A new nonprofit wants to rewrite the playbook for how the U.S. government funds science

WASHINGTON — The Good Science Project is hoping to push the NIH and other government science agencies to be faster, bolder, and more efficient. The new nonprofit, launched this week, highlights ...