Forget the glorious successes of past breakthroughs—the real justification for research investment is what we get for our ...

By adding a whole new biochemical pathway to a plant species, researchers were able to make a plant that grew much bigger, ...

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It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t matter to Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall’s unique, purpose-built scale was ready to ...

"There is no more efficient investment of taxpayer resources than basic science and research and technology. These are the discoveries that drive not only the expansion of our economy, but the ...

Ahead of the AI Horizons Summit, which brings together researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, ...

Scientists and guests gathered at Boston University on Thursday (September 18) for the 35th annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, which honors bizarre scientific discoveries.

Scientists who studied whether painting a cow with stripes reduces fly bites and which pizza toppings various lizards prefer were among the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel awards.

Life aboard the International Space Station is filled with high-stakes science. We asked astronauts which experiments they value most - from microgravity breakthroughs to medical advances, here’s what ...

Scientists could bring back a bird synonymous with human impact on the planet. The dodo, a flightless bird native to ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...