Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Many engineering and science undergraduates are approaching January application deadlines for prestigious summer internships ...

With Christmas a little over two weeks ago, one might be scrambling to find a gift for a loved one, friend, or family member. If you’re familiar with Arduino or Raspberry Pi and have a free weekend, ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

Sumit Chanda, a professor of immunology and microbiology at Scripps Research who focuses on pandemics, has made a career out of preparing for disaster. But Chanda faced a disaster of a different kind ...

The Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch — has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing ...

Tens of millions of dollars in NSF grants have been slashed, and scientists fear the US is about to lose a generation of climate researchers. This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s "America ...

Over the last decade, the open-source movement has not only transformed the world of software, but also catalyzed a sweeping revolution in hardware tinkering. At the heart of this shift lies a ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

Nino Letteriello is a data and project management leader, DAMA Award winner, WEF author, UN advisor, MIT lecturer & FIT Group co-founder. A significant percentage of data science projects continue to ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research and projects, but even so, it can’t do everything without a little ...