Progress, despite what you have heard lately from some environmentalists and populists (of the left and right), is good. Really good, in fact. The new working paper “A Calculation of the Social ...

Who says science can't be, like, cool? Natalie Angier certainly thinks so, and in her new book The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The number of basic science papers published by recipients of ...

Almost everyone appreciates the importance of basic literacies—like being able to read and write and do basic arithmetic. But there are other fundamental parts of our modern lives that require a few ...

In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...

For those who appreciated learning the basics of science many years ago, here's a middle school reminder tackling questions on biology, chemistry, astronomy, physics and geography.