This holiday gift guide for 10-year-old girls lists the best toys for those just entering their double-digit years. No better ...

She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...

A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts. Between the end of February and mid-August, funding lapsed ...

Lightning strikes can more than double some mushroom crops, according to ongoing experiments that are jolting fungi with ...

Everyday frustrations in science, from clogged grant systems to confusing public messages, are not just abstract complaints.

I’ve spent most of my life being told to get my head out of the clouds. Teachers said it. Bosses implied it. Even my own ...

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‘Judicial overreach’: Missouri AG leads 21 states in plea to overrule Texas redistricting block Man charged after $1M lottery ...

Having grown up in a house of science and done research in labs more focused on basic research than cash cow drug discovery, I had a very noble view of science as a way to better understand our world.

The top ten most expensive space missions include the USSR/Russian GLONASS mission at the bottom, and the U.S. Apollo space ...

Kids won’t need beakers and microscopes for these biology experiments—they just need themselves! Each of these five experiments lets children discover how a human body system works. And by doing these ...

Cancer research, drug safety testing and ageing biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at ...