Growing up, we all had to do all kinds of science projects in school. For Baby Boomers, here are several classic science ...

Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test ...

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The ...

These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...

Scientists in China have performed an experiment first proposed by Albert Einstein almost a century ago when he sought to ...

Duane G. Watson is professor of cognitive science and of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Samuel A. Mehr is a senior lecturer in psychology at the ...

In March 2020, an experiment in science philanthropy was hatched in the span of a five-minute call. Patrick Collison, the now-34-year-old billionaire CEO of the online payments company Stripe, and ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today stands at a crossroads. While the agency continues to receive bipartisan support and steady funding increases, the NIH has long faced structural ...

Since 1888, National Geographic has made science accessible and exciting. Outside of watching their award-winning documentaries and reading their books and magazines, kids can now enjoy hands-on ...

A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research — known as “gain of function” — was to better ...