A new Special Report in the journal BioScience introduces the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP), a student-led, ...

Scientists have become more visible in climate debates, engaging in public communication, policy advice, open letters, ...

D onald Trump has a new nemesis, with a name worthy of a supervillain: Scenedesmus.

American science is at a crossroads, but these extraordinary people, with their passion for knowledge and their dedication to ...

On a few special Saturdays out of the year, visitors to the St. Louis Science Center are treated with a mind-blowing event: The Amazing Brain Carnival. Featuring a variety of activities for guests to ...

S cientists, in the popular imagination, are oddballs. A chemist or geologist may be a genius, it is generally agreed, but ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made considerable strides in recent decades, promising to affect myriad aspects of society, including education 12,13, healthcare 14,15 and industry 16. Major ...

Scientists provide important information to the public. Whether that information influences decision-making depends on trust. In the USA, gaps in trust in scientists have been stable for 50 years: ...

America’s trust in scientists has declined in recent years. Is that also true in other countries? Or are Americans unusually skeptical?

AI has already proved itself a valuable scientific tool. Could it take on a more central role in the research process? AI companies frequently invoke the possibility of AI-enabled scientific discovery ...