It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn't just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists.

It’s a concerning time for basic science. Newly proposed changes to federal rule-making threaten to alter the entire scientific landscape. If these new rules are approved, they will diminish US ...

Earth science is a quest for fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution, and future of the natural world. Opportunities in this science have been opened up by major improvements in techniques ...

So Young Kim is director of the Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and an associate professor of the Graduate School of Science & Technology Policy at KAIST in Daejon, South ...

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting ...