Why is it that people respect cancer research more than studies looking at wombat poop? Or why does space research belong in a funding hierarchy higher than other research? What distinguishes ...

Gayle Anderson previews the new California Science Center exhibition Mummies of the World. Explore more than 30-naturally and intentionally preserved human and animal mummies from ancient Egypt, South ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

A merican universities are heading downwards in a spiral of self-delusion. They still talk about their commitment to excellence, their great achievements, their leadership of the world of science, but ...

The lights in the auditorium darken. The cacophony of voices subsides. The enormous screen comes to life, displaying a satellite image of Australia and the scattering of islands directly to the north.

In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year decline since the end ...

The world of science is always changing and growing, thanks to people's endless curiosity and their strong desire to learn new things. Every day, new discoveries are made that help us understand more ...

If China finally eclipses the United States as the world’s preeminent scientific superpower, there won’t be an official announcement. Neither will there necessarily be a dramatic Promethean ...

The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...