Find out which science discipline originated first in history. Discover how the earliest scientific discipline in history was ...

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...

On December 2, 2015, the centennial anniversary of the publication of Einstein's general theory of relativity, science fans everywhere reflected on this amazing act of genius. But the theory was not ...

— What is the zeroth law of thermodynamics? — What is the second law of thermodynamics? — What is the third law of thermodynamics? The first law of thermodynamics states that heat is a form of energy, ...

Bruce J. MacFadden has received funding from the U. S. National Science Foundation. It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants ...

Progress, despite what you have heard lately from some environmentalists and populists (of the left and right), is good. Really good, in fact. The new working paper “A Calculation of the Social ...

Fig. 1 Basic principle for the greenhouse gas detection with air-lasing-based Raman spectroscopy. (a) The generation scheme of air lasing and coherent Raman scattering; (b) The original and broadened ...

The radical dismantling of government-funded basic research will accelerate the deterioration of universities’ beneficent implementation of the scientific method — the greatest accomplishment of ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stopped by the WSJ Café to discuss interplanetary travel, the “Star Wars” trailer, and the new season of his National Geographic Channel show “StarTalk.” Photo: ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The number of basic science papers published by recipients of ...

The pandemic has rolled back decades of economic progress and wrought havoc on public finances. To build back better and fight climate change, sizable public investment needs to be sustainably ...

The government has reaffirmed the "minimum regulation principle" for the "Basic Act on the Development of AI and Establishment of a Trustworthy Foundation, etc. (AI Basic Act)," set to take effect ...