Here are four of the most popular stories on the Cape Cod Times website from the past week. Whitney Stancil — a Cape Cod pastry chef just named a 2026 James Beard semifinalist — will prepare a tasting ...

Confirmation bias is a powerful drug. And getting thousands of hits on a social media post is pure dopamine — and often profitable. Which brings me to another social media brouhaha last week, one that ...

Hair extensions used primarily by Black women contain a “shocking” range of dangerous chemicals, including breast carcinogens, new research shows.

The Internet Archive —one of cyberspace’s most essential library projects —has achieved a feat that’s hard to even ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

This video explores five disturbing possibilities about alien life that challenge popular science fiction assumptions. Instead of friendly visitors or distant microbes, the scenarios focus on outcomes ...

Located near the town of Judith Gap in central Montana, the Bergstrom site was used to hunt and kill bison for at least 700 ...

It’s nowhere near early enough for those of us in the northern hemisphere to start struggling against winter’s somnolent spell, so there’s no need for excuses as you take to your bed with a pile of ...

The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real and deeply concerning. But it has not—so far—reset the Republican ...

A trio of familiar faces prevailed as the 2025 National Motorsports Press Association Most Popular Driver Award winners, as Chase Elliott earned the honor in the NASCAR Cup Series, Justin Allgaier won ...

An international team of scientists led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the ...

Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...