AI has already proved itself a valuable scientific tool. Could it take on a more central role in the research process?

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Until recently, the number of citizen scientists in Australia was estimated at between 100,000 and 130,000 people. But this is a major underestimate. My survey of about 20 key organisations suggests ...

Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with rocky worlds bookending a pair of gas-rich planets. Around the star LHS ...

Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon and water they exchange with the air. The breakthrough could help unlock ...

A newly identifiedplanetary system is forcing astronomers to rethink how worlds form and evolve, as a rocky planet appears ...