Protective policies, health insurance, and community are all important variables when gender-diverse scientists ask, “Where ...

Is there anything you’d like to add? Traveling so much has been very tough for raising a family. Pilots bid for trips and ...

The Department of Commerce’s new scientific-integrity policy retains references to objectivity, transparency, and scientific ...

This image shows a faint nebula surrounding a star in the northern constellation Cygnus. Created by amateur Peter Goodhew, it ...

See also the upcoming interview with Jennifer’s pilot husband, Matthew Inman.

Selling time on the 4.3-meter telescope at Lowell Observatory is part of the strategy for increasing revenues for the cash-strapped facility. Staff astronomers at Lowell Observatory learned on 9 ...

In a little-known paper published in 1896, Emil Fischer—the German chemist who would go on to win the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for synthesizing sugars and caffeine—said his laboratory had ...

In the August issue of Physics Today, climate scientists Toby Ault and Scott St. George share a pair of startling research findings. Between roughly 800 and 1500 CE, the American West suffered a ...

On 1 November 1929, Marie Curie spent her evening at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In her only public appearance in the city, she was scheduled as the guest of honor to address the third annual dinner ...

The angstrom-scale hexagonal voids in a sheet of graphene resemble the holes in chicken wire. But despite the material’s appearance, studies have shown that defect-free graphene is nearly impermeable.

A recent essay convincingly argues that scientists should make a habit of reading history books. The following books by historians of science are worthy of a place on your shelf. In his thoughtful ...

Serious public communication blunders by Metropolitan Edison, the power company that owned the infamous nuclear facility, created mistrust and allowed misinformation to flourish. At 10:00am on 29 ...