From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of ...

Science Textbook Controversies “In 1969 the California Board of Education issued new guidelines for the biology curriculum of ...

There is currently a two-pronged attack on higher education, research, and scholarship in the United States. Activists inside universities have hijacked many administrative functions, and significant ...

Former Scientific American editor Laura Helmuth resigned after going on a tirade about President Trump following the election. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Scientific ...

We keep hearing that these are unprecedented times for science: scientific skeptics running federal agencies, growing mistrust of vaccines, and messaging from the highest levels of government that ...

Science is under attack. As the new administration moves aggressively toward implementing its policies, the entire field could find itself the victim of decisions by individuals who lack the knowledge ...

In 2024, Joseph Coates was preparing for death at age 37. His medical team had informed him that his rare blood disorder—which leads to kidney failure, numb limbs, and an enlarged heart—was ...

Even if you don’t recall many facts from high school biology, you likely remember the cells required for making babies: egg and sperm. Maybe you can picture a swarm of sperm cells battling each other ...

New studies and patents are "increasingly less likely to break with the past in ways that push science and technology in new directions," according to a 2023 paper that found a lack of disruptive ...

Our overlapping Trump and COVID eras have seen a fairly sharp downturn in public trust in scientists. Around one in 10 Americans report less support for science now than they did before COVID. That ...

OpenAI for Science was announced in a Tuesday X post. Its goal is to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. The post suggests GPT-5 will play a key role in the effort. Artificial intelligence ...

Poland Central School District students earned $5,500 in prizes at the annual science fair, highlighting projects in multiple ...