Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...

The Trump administration has issued a death warrant for science. This kills one of America’s greatest most productive avenues to GDP growth. Simple-minded people are determining the future course of ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon--a change that's based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

The following are excerpts of an interview with United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO) International ...

Chris Doley’s legacy at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is closely tied to his long and deeply influential partnerships with community-based organizations working on the frontlines ...

It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many ...

From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer ...

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

These positive stories—from drops in crime to progress with climate—help us look to the next year with some degree of hope.

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

The month brings a strong lineup of celestial sights, including a supermoon, meteor activity, and several close moon-planet ...