The U.S. National Science Foundation’s $1.5 billion X-Labs call for agile new entities to tackle pressing, narrow problems ...

Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots ...

Neutrinos are some of nature’s most elusive particles. One hundred trillion fly through your body every second, but each one has only a tiny chance of jostling one of your atoms, a consequence of the ...

Harvard’s canceled solar geoengineering project shows what happens when you try to test controversial climate tech without consulting with communities. Harvard’s canceled solar geoengineering project ...

NASA is contributing to the One Million Acts of Science event, which seeks to encourage people to participate in various scientific projects and rack up one million individual contributions by the end ...

Stars aren't supposed to simply disappear, yet countless bright objects that once appeared in the sky in the 1950s no longer do. To try to solve the mystery, scientists have turned to a growing field ...

Primary school is where children begin to ask fundamental questions, like: Why does rain fall and sun shine? Why does ice melt? Why do aeroplanes fly? Why do plants grow? Why do objects float in water ...