Conor Dowling, professor of political science, argues that debates do indeed still matter. For evidence of that, he says, look at the June debate between President Joe Biden and former President ...

As the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) expands and integrates into various parts of society, it raises new questions. Among the most intriguing of these are the debates surrounding AI rights ...

The University of California is launching Speak Up for Science. This growing movement of citizens, students and scientists is ...

UB political scientist Conor Dowling says the early September debate between Trump and Harris could shift polls either way.

This week on the podcast, Scientific American writer J. R. Minkel joins us to talk about six big current debates in science. We will test your knowledge about some recent science in the news too.

In short, there is no reason to assume that a presidential debate on science matters would be instructive for the public or helpful to scientists. Indeed, have any of the debates thus far done ...

Join the movement for a Presidential science debate to discuss crucial policies on science and technology. Make your voice heard!

Some of the boldest sci-fi shows sparked as much backlash as praise, leaving legacies defined as much by endless debate as by storytelling.

A debate this week on ways to improve the practice of science quickly spread to social media. The event at University College London, called ‘Is science broken?