A search is under way for the missing crew of the bulker Ocean Winner, which capsized suddenly on Friday in the Bay of Bengal.Ocean Winner (IMO 914553...

Playing Fife. Wearing a Tricorn Hat. Sewing Samplers. But the Bicentennial Was More Than Cosplay in Rural Maine

Mohole moments are when an investment in science goes disastrously wrong, revealing the tacit premise of science’s social contract.

A knowledge commons could support evidence-based policymaking, but it will require coordination with the communities monitoring pollution.

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

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The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

National Academy of Engineering president Tsu-Jae Liu discusses how engineers can help the United States translate new ideas into practical benefits for the nation.

The story of how the federal government became an innovation evangelist in the 1960s is an account of fits, starts, and ideological ambiguity.

STEM-in-society programs have proven their utility and have never been more needed—but they are in jeopardy nationwide.

Indrapramit Das takes us to a future Mars full of wealthy space tourists to explore how tourism commodifies culture.

In this time of upheaval, what does it mean that so many advocates for science are pointing to an 80-year-old report by Vannevar Bush?

Does the American public distrust science—or have citizens lost trust in a political system that attempts to use science to resolve problems?

American research universities have unleashed an age of massive technical innovation—but they’ve failed to innovate their own designs to meet the changing needs of society.

Brandon Keim discusses animal personhood, movements around animal representation, and cormorants—one named Cosmos in particular.

Walter Alvarez, an American geologist, was born Oct. 3, 1940. His father, Luis Alvarez, was a physicist at Berkeley who was an important part of the Manhattan Project and who...

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

Including everyone in science education improves the scientific enterprise and is essential for the democratization of personal agency.