Millions of scientific papers are published globally every year. These papers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine present discoveries that range from the mundane to the ...

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 ...

Killer viruses. Artificial intelligence. Extreme weather. Microplastics. Mental health. These are just a few of the pressing issues on which governments need science to inform their policies. But the ...

In Trilobites, reporters aim to share new findings in the science world, be it interspecies friendships or discoveries of ancient fossils. Credit...Louis Otis Supported by By Vivian Ewing Times ...

We are in an era of disruption. The geopolitical context is increasingly adversarial, power is more widely distributed, and relationships among leading powers have become more competitive.” These are ...

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In the atrium of a research building at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing is a wall of patents. Around five metres wide and two storeys high, the wall displays 192 certificates, ...

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...

Brandon Jones (center), president of the American Geophysical Union, speaks about how the global science community can withstand political attacks on science during the European Geosciences Union ...

Federal freezes to foreign assistance are affecting grants for investigative reporters everywhere—but especially in poorer countries ...