This funding enables early career scientists to conduct high-impact research while developing and designing innovative solutions to real-world environmental problems.

“Our country needs a new consensus on how to support science,” write Eric and Wendy Schmidt.

George Washington Died Not Knowing Dinosaurs Existed. Three Centuries Later, Science Has Never Needed More Defense.

A new permanent exhibit in Washington uses interactive technology to take visitors on a personalized journey through the nation’s past, while wisely avoiding editorializing.

Public Media Bridge Fund Awards $26 Million in Stabilization Grants for At-Risk Public Media Stations More than 70 grantees—operating over 180 radio and television stations— nationwide will receive cr...

Works by the late painter will go up for auction in L.A. on Tuesday to support local TV and radio after "crooked trees" in D.C. pulled back funds approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Find out why Shantanu Agarwal is on this year’s list

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has spent his career uncovering mass corruption and scandals across Big Tech, politics, and corporate America with films including Enron: The Sm...

How billionaire Wendy Schmidt became a crucial funder of science and climate research amid political rollbacks—backing ocean discovery, data access, and storytelling.

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The more we explore and protect the ocean, the more we benefit, whether in the form of economic returns or scientific breakthroughs.

From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the Solar System, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before

An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.

Wendy and Eric Schmidt’s investment will allow the beloved market to continue running under local ownership.

Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic ice shelf.

Thirty-two early career researchers, tackling issues from improving food security to developing better medical implants, have been announced as the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows and will pursue innovat...