In a playtime experiment, scientists found that apes, our closest living relatives, have the capacity for make-believe, too.

A year ago, federal support for scientific research appeared to be crumbling. But thanks to Congress and several lawsuits, ...

A promising pancreatic cancer therapy developed by Mariano Barbacid has shown striking results in mice, eradicating tumors ...

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Bliss, a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, typically gets up at 6 a.m. to make the drive to rural Lake County, where she’s ...

Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...

NIST: Project 2025 proposes combining NIST with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Technical Information Service, creating a new Office of Patents, Trademarks, and Standards with ...

Steve Spangler shares some some science fair project ideas to help foster curiosity.

Major reforms to the United Kingdom’s national research funding agency are aimed at boosting the nation's economy.

This year’s WPS Science & Engineering Fair was one of the largest in recent memory, with over 100 judges, 350 students, and ...

With plans for 25 international hubs, the Earth BioGenome Project is poised to increase global genomics capacity and deliver high-quality reference genomes, argues Dr Paul Flicek, The Jackson ...

She traded the glamorous world of cosmetics for a classroom in the Bronx. Now she’s helping write New York state Regents ...