A new study has found a steep decline in the number of scholarly papers about basic science published in leading medical journals in the last 20 years. A new study has found a steep decline in the ...

The U.S. must increase its support of basic scientific research if it does not want to fall behind Soviet Russia in both pure science and the practical technology that is based upon it. This is the ...

Quite often, either through emails or in public lectures, I am criticized, along with thousands of other colleagues, for dedicating my time to basic science and not to more immediate problems faced by ...

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Robust basic research is the only way to make China a global scientific and technological power, President Xi Jinping has said, highlighting the need for tech independence at a time of intense ...

Progress, despite what you have heard lately from some environmentalists and populists (of the left and right), is good. Really good, in fact. The new working paper “A Calculation of the Social ...

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...

Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil said the new fusion and computing offices will focus on fostering industries for ...