History is a story that we tell ourselves about how we got to the present, and if China soon sits atop the sciences, history ...

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The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU Advances and were based on data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, ...

The reporters analyzed 35 years of grants funded by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

A passion for snakes opened a crack in the religious beliefs science communicator Paul Martin Jensen grew up with in a ...

Researchers found that the body’s natural recycling system, the lysosome, plays a vital role in removing the protein that drives premature aging. When this system breaks down, aging speeds up. By ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

What’s the purpose of your study? It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10 years ago from a fellow volunteer at the Virginia ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...