A historic defeat for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has raised the odds that the United Kingdom will crash out of the European Union in March, a prospect that ...

For his book Universe, photographer Jos Jansen documented a neutrino-detecting orb, data visualizations, and other ambitious projects in the Netherlands.

Spare genetic sequences could help the fungi conserve resources in lean times.

BERLIN—Three years ago, a group of German libraries, universities, and research institutes teamed up to force the three largest scientific publishers to offer an ...

Hello. I'm a female scientist in a movie. I look like a swimsuit model, i have a PhD from Cal Tech in the exact subject that is plaguing the world in this movie, and i ...

(Inside Science) -- A robot mimicking a prehistoric fossil suggests the ancestors of reptiles, birds and mammals might have walked more efficiently on land than ...

Wild coffee species are critical for coffee crop development and, thus, for sustainability of global coffee production. Despite this fact, the extinction risk and ...

It gives me great pleasure to cite Mark Chandler for the Excellence in Earth and Space Science Education Award. Mark's dedication to ensuring that students ...

The shutdown is already a victory for Trump since government scientists have been forced to stop important climate research.

We identify 10 exciting robotics developments and technologies, ranging from original research that may change the future of robotics to commercial products ...

Antibiotic and insecticidal bioactivities of the extracellular secondary metabolites produced by entomopathogenic bacteria belonging to genus Xenorhabdus ...

When a hagfish runs into a hungry shark, the eellike creature squirts out a dollop of goo that—in just a few tenths of a second—expands into a slimy mess ...

The 25-foot-long swimming lizards sit alone in the dark. A few weeks ago, they drew thousands of visitors a day at the Washington, D.C., National...

Experts say the administration is blatantly dismantling proven programs, and the consequences could be dire.

When we look up to the sky, we see all the blue light that's been scattered by the oxygen and nitrogen in our atmosphere.

Moxie and Mynx Co. uses cooking to teach kids science and math. An after school science program featuring vegan science cooking starts in February.

Antarctica's melting ice, which has caused global sea levels to rise by at least 13.8 millimeters over the past 40 years, was long thought to come from primarily ...

Universal picking (UP), or reliable robot grasping of a diverse range of novel objects from heaps, is a grand challenge for e-commerce order fulfillment, ...

The Large Hadron Collider is the largest machine ever built, and scientists have used it to uncover all manner of secrets about the universe. But for all the time ...

Using genetically modified bugs to prolong life was 'fanciful' until recently, says scientist.

MIT researchers are hoping to advance the democratization of data science with a new tool for nonstatisticians that automatically generates models for analyzing ...

If you're anything like me, it's been a rough month of trying to avoid Neil deGrasse Tyson. The astrophysicist is known for his lead role in the TV series NOVA and ...

In the first episode of a special series, AGU's Third Pod from the Sun traces a path from nuclear fallout detectors to modern-day meteorology instruments.

GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA: In a refugee camp hosting more than 85000 refugees, a young mother of two have paved her way as one of the most popular teachers ...

A new study released today reveals that helping lower-income high school freshman to regulate their test-taking anxiety can cut their biology course failure rates ...

Scientists have managed to grow perfect human blood vessels as organoids in a petri dish for the first time. The breakthrough engineering technology ...

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — Northern Kentucky University professors and students will use its newest technology to help solve the mystery of Umi, an Egyptian ...

Developing tools to identify most efficient cows among proposed projects.

Scientists love to study twins because they help answer age-old questions about nature vs. nurture.

News app viewers click here. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math are a critical component in helping the U. S. succeed now, and into the future.

Anti-abortion leaders are changing their slogan from “pro-life” to “pro-science.” An incredible pivot. [Stat News]; Here's a thing that Hawaii Democratic ...

The government has bowed to pressure to fix the country's research and higher education — but stopped short of repealing a controversial law.

The new “moral scientists” address ethics solely through empirical methods and try to put moral claims on a secure scientific footing. Julian Baggini reviews ...

A new study is making waves in the worlds of tech and psychology by questioning the basis of thousands of papers and analyses with conflicting conclusions on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Buffalo Museum of Science is offering free admission to all furloughed federal government employees and their families through ...

In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, photo visitors to Great Smoky Mountain National Park drive through the park but facilities like the Sugarlands and Cades Cove ...

DD Science and India Science - two new science channels were launched in India on Tuesday to boost scientific temperament among the people.

*Update, 9 January, 1:30 p.m.: Shenandoah National Park today informed ecologist Jeff Atkins, featured below, that he will be allowed to enter the park for ...

Climate change from human activities mainly results from the energy imbalance in Earth's climate system caused by rising concentrations of heat-trapping gases ...

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is providing a natural experiment in fighting fake news. Occurring in a conflict zone, amid a ...

WASHINGTON — When anti-abortion demonstrators numbering in the tens of thousands join the March for Life, an anti-abortion protest set to take place Friday ...

A group seeking to elect scientists and candidates with STEM backgrounds to public office is launching a campaign to draft retired astronaut Mark Kelly for ...

Scientists in Europe and the United States face an uncertain political landscape in the new year, which could affect funding and collaborations. The threat is ...

JAKARTA—Last July, when Indonesia's Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RISTEK) here honored eight researchers, along with ...

Prepare to have your mind blown at the annual Science of Cocktails fundraiser at Science World.

Among the terms used to describe wintery weather, among the most dreaded is “polar vortex.” The ominous-sounding term sounds like some Earthly black hole ...

Being smart is a good thing, or so smart people like to think. Indeed, the possibility that superior cognition confers an evolutionary advantage, specifically a ...

Science has named nine scientific advances as runners-up for the 2018 Breakthrough of the Year. Ice age impact. Open in new tab. A computer visualization of ...

Krill, crustaceans smaller than a cigarette, play an outsize role in the ecology of the ocean around Antarctica: Penguins, whales, and other predators feast on ...

The children's song earned the rare distinction of cracking the Billboard 100 list. What is it about the song that makes it so damn catchy?

In space, anything goes. Even messed up science experiments. High Life—French director Claire Denis' first English-language film—follows the inmate crew of ...

Rattlesnakes, bears, hurricanes, and freezing weather haven't stopped ecologist Jeff Atkins from taking weekly hikes into Virginia's Shenandoah National Park ...

Scientists say the shutdown is a message that the government considers science nonessential.

"...We have to include sleep as one of the weapons we use to fight heart disease -- a factor we are compromising every day," said a researcher.

The ocean is the hottest it's ever been, and no, this is not normal. A new report released in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on Jan. 15 reveals that ...

Each year, Science's editors and writers highlight a top research achievement as their Breakthrough of the Year. For 2018, the honor goes to tracking ...

The partial government shutdown is taking many U.S. scientists out of commission and putting up hurdles to their research.

Most of my work on paying off a mortgage early has focused on the science of the subject, which is nothing more than the math needed to trace the process ...

New research has identified a backup for an important biological system -- the hematopoietic system, whose adult stem cells constantly replenish the body's ...

Back in the first moment of the universe, everything was hot and dense and in perfect balance. A new quantum experiment aims to show how that changed.

Fat bears, a new kilogram, and the stunning power of trees: our favorite stories from 2018.

Researchers found evidence that fasting affects circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle, causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can ultimately ...

It's not easy to say that any particular scientific development was the most important in a given year. But if we had to choose some highlights, we'd opt for these ...

Plasmas—gases of ionized atoms and electrons—are naturally formed at high temperatures, such as those reached in the interiors of stars. Describing plasmas ...

The appearance of a single green leaf hinted at a future in which astronauts would grow their own food in space, potentially setting up residence at outposts on ...

The partial shutdown has emptied laboratories across the country, forced scientists from the field and upended several scientific conferences.

The billions of bacteria that call your gut home may help regulate everything from your ability to digest food to how your immune system functions. But scientists ...

In the animal world, monogamy has some clear perks. Living in pairs can give animals some stability and certainty in the constant struggle to reproduce and ...

Straw incorporation is a common long-term practice to improve soil fertility in croplands worldwide. However, straw amendments often increase methane (CH4) ...

For a long time, the huge importance of the cleavage product of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), amyloid-β (Aβ), in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) ...

Early terrestrial amniotes evolved into two groups: the sauropsids, which led to the bird and dinosaur lineages, and the synapsids, which led to mammals.

Earth's climate cooled considerably across the transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age about 700 years ago. Theoretically, owing to how ...

The chemistry literature contains more than a century's worth of instructions for making molecules, all written by and for humans. Steiner et al. developed an ...

A second wave of closures looms as the government funding fight barrels towards a record-breaking fourth week.

Our guest scientists pick the breakthroughs and discoveries that defined their year, from insights into human evolution to our first trip aboard an asteroid.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—An unusually bright glow in the sky that appeared suddenly last June has got astronomers in a frenzy. After months of study, they still ...

The last time I met Michael Atiyah, who has died aged 89, was at Tate Modern in London; not the most likely place to run into probably Britain's greatest ...

Carbon nanotubes consist of a continuous array of benzene rings fused along their edges. It is not straightforward to excise regular fragments in a top-down ...

On this week's episode of The Super Awesome Science Show, we dig into the nature of the ketogenic diet, its history, and what good it can do for you.

What scientific discoveries will 2019 bring? We asked leaders in science, technology and innovation what they think we can expect to see in the new year.

Scientists at the University of Sheffield studying ancient DNA have created a tool allowing them to more accurately identify ancient Eurasian populations, which ...

The enzyme ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) is one of the most abundant proteins on Earth. During photosynthesis, it assimilates ...

The behavior of large numbers of insects, animals, and other flocks is often based on rules about individual interactions. Bain and Bartolo applied a fluid-like ...

The year 2018 provided plenty to chew on if you're interested in science and the environment. From the stark warning from climate scientists about the dangers ...

Will there be no end to people trying to muck up the night sky? Around this time last year it was a disco ball sent into low-Earth orbit. Now a Russian startup has ...

Single-molecule magnets could prove useful in miniaturizing a wide variety of devices. However, their application has been severely hindered by the need to ...

With help from a dead spacecraft, citizen scientists just discovered an alien world that professional astronomers had overlooked. The newfound exoplanet orbits ...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON—A new Canadian radio telescope, not yet fully operational, has already detected more than a dozen of the mysteriously brief blasts ...

What were the top 10 strangest science stories of the past year? It wasn't easy to choose just 10 — 2018 was pretty darn strange. However, writers at Live ...

Moving more and strong motor skills seem to help cognitive prowess, results show.

Brain development is a remarkable self-organization process in which cells proliferate, differentiate, migrate, and wire to form functional neural circuits.

Immigrants aren't a disease risk. Neanderthals weren't necessarily savages. Juul isn't cool.

Scientists have developed a novel chemical process to convert infrared energy into visible light, allowing innocuous radiation to penetrate living tissue and other ...

Sea level rise puts coastal areas at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, but new research shows they face other climate-related threats as well.

A HUNDRED YEARS ago a wave of student protests broke over China's great cities. Desperate to reverse a century of decline, the leaders of the May Fourth ...

Research shows that direct appeals from the president don't sway people, and neither do fact-checks from the media. But they do keep us talking.

For many people who are paralyzed and unable to speak, signals of what they'd like to say hide in their brains. No one has been able to decipher those signals ...

The winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics says scientists shouldn't feel pressured to do research that has economic or commercial ramifications. Science for ...

So-called “fake news” has renewed concerns about the prevalence and effects of misinformation in political campaigns. Given the potential for widespread ...

Students and junior investigators are more likely than senior scientists to secure crowdfunding for their research.