The core values that anchor responsible scientific research — like honesty in reporting research results and openness in sharing materials — are stable over time, but that isn’t true for the contexts ...

Research into nicotine use by young Aussies and a study on an Eastern gray kangaroo pox virus have something in common. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Both papers ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

I have been a research scientist, a professor and research director for over 40 years. Among all the unscientific and unhealthy changes that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...

Everyone, that is, except French Moroccan geochemist Abderrazak El Albani, who believes he has found evidence of advanced ...

Basic scientific research is a key contributor to economic productivity. Is science running out of steam? A growing body of research suggests that disruptive breakthroughs—the kind that fundamentally ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of ...