On Thursday, the journal Science, which first published the research, retracted it, though not because of misconduct on the researchers' part. “If the editors determine that a paper’s reported ...

Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical ...