We call for nothing short of a major reformation of the scientific enterprise.
Elizabeth Marincola | Posted 05.18.2012
Yesterday I watched as the world's top young high school scientists, researchers and innovators took home more than $3 million in awards. Each of these competing students are a force for profound good.
Priyamvada Natarajan | Posted 05.11.2012
The reality of how science works is in sharp contrast to the way most Americans seem to see it--perhaps as definitive, time-limited, and based on speculation or assertion.
Michael Brooks | Posted 04.24.2012
It might not be something to celebrate, but scientists who commit research fraud are following in a grand tradition.
Javier Garcia-Martinez | Posted 04.16.2012
The worldwide economic situation is bringing scrutiny to how developed countries balance their budgets, and this provides an opportunity to observe how public investment in scientific research and development is being either increased or significantly reduced by different countries.
Murray Rosenbaum | Posted 04.13.2012
It is very risky, but if we could make an elevator to space, we would be using a less wasteful and less dangerous way to explore the stars.
Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 04.06.2012
We seem to be in a transition period from a marvelously rich era of discovery in the last thirty years to an era in which new concepts and methods will be required to gain access to another range of powerful discoveries.
Larry Doyle | Posted 04.01.2012
When I die, I would like to be eaten by puppies. I would prefer happy, rambunctious puppies, about eight weeks old and from the same litter if possible.
Priyamvada Natarajan | Posted 04.01.2012
The era of America's unchallenged world dominance as a scientific superpower is coming to an end. In an era of ever-increasing globalization, what it takes to become and remain a science superpower has fundamentally changed.
Alexandra Holzer | Posted 05.07.2012
The man behind the ghosts continues his journey educating not just myself but those assigned to his next calling. Buckle up, The Holzer Method lives on and the ride has taken off. Keep your hands and feet to the side and do not touch anything you do not recognize.
Michael Ham | Posted 04.10.2012
Pages of facts and statistics cannot adequately describe the impact research has on the lives of everyday Americans and the necessity of federal science funding.
Frank Mazzotti | Posted 04.07.2012
Stories about large snakes feed directly into an archetypal fear that humans have of snakes, and stories about a feeding frenzy of snakes wiping out wildlife fuels a feeding frenzy of media coverage that wipes out the truth.
Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 03.05.2012
As we move into an era of politics in which facts seem increasingly irrelevant, the scientific method requires scientists to defend their work. And although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that good ideas and theories prevail.
Mark C. Miller | Posted 02.26.2012
When Ken Gerbka was growing up, his mother would often use the expression, "Better late than never," in her attempt to teach Gerbka that it is preferable to accomplish something past its deadline than never to complete it at all.
Posted 10.18.2011
Bullets famously bounced off of Superman, but ordinary people may be able to achieve similar feats, if one researcher in Holland has her way. A pr...
Posted 09.20.2011
A new study says that if you want to avoid being eaten by a lion - pay attention to the moon. Researchers discovered that a significant number of ...
Posted 09.20.2011
New research from a British university shows that it's hard for humans to avoid imitating each other - even when playing a game of rock-paper-scissors...
Charles Howard | Posted 07.25.2011
Also remember that we can all make a difference for whatever cause tugs at our hearts -- like a bunch of guys outside of Boston have.
Todd Drezner | Posted 07.16.2011
The fight about Wakefield is a fight about the past. And that fight has actually hurt scientific research that could eventually help many autistic people. It's time to move on.
John H. Marburger, III | Posted 06.07.2011
The House continuing resolution would force labs to curtail operations and in some cases to shut down for the year. Science cannot perform its vital functions in society if scientists are not working.
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 06.05.2011
Our health scientific research model studies one substance at a time, yet people are exposed to and retain many chemicals and other kinds of toxins.
James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011
Science is not a special interest; it's a national interest. And it's time for organized labor -- as well as the business community -- to rally behind it.
Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 05.25.2011
What would President Kennedy have thought, I wondered as I surveyed the surreal scene? Deep inside the White House eight middle school students sat i...
Posted 05.25.2011
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service Wanda Colie vividly remembers what she saw in 1984 when, at age 28, a condition that produced blood in ...
Marshall P. Duke | Posted 05.25.2011
If we are going to do something that will affect the physical and/or emotional health and well being of ourselves and our families, we should base what we do on sound, reliable, scientific data.
Dr. Arturo Casadevall | Posted 05.29.2012