Our new weekly newsletter, “Simply Science”, showcases the best of The Economist’s scientific journalism. From vaccine manufacturing to the hunt for ET, from genomics to the microbiome, from the ...

Most people in the United States rely on federal science in their daily lives but don't realize it, a new nationwide poll of U.S. adults shows. The poll was conducted in early April by the Association ...

It is a truism that children are our future, but despite being trite, it is nonetheless important to reflect upon. Today’s young people will decide whether the American experiment as a constitutional ...

New research on middle-grades science teaching reveals that without at least 5 hours of instructional time dedicated to science during a typical school week, teachers are less likely to use the types ...