Women account for a growing share of the global scientific workforce (31.1% of researchers worldwide in 2022, according to UNESCO), yet they remain underrepresented in the organizations that shape ...

Over the ensuing five hours, the NIH leadership and MAHA Institute moderators found many areas of common ground: anger over ...

The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S.

Former Scientific American editor Laura Helmuth resigned after going on a tirade about President Trump following the election. Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Scientific ...

In 2014 astronomers announced a whopper of a discovery: primordial waves from the earliest moments of the big bang. The South Pole telescope results validated the long-standing but still-shaky ...

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, ...

Peter Vickers received funding from The British Academy. Astronomers once believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. In the 19th century, scientists thought the shape of a person’s skull could reveal ...

If you want to foster a culture of innovation, then you must encourage scientific creativity and idea exploration. The easiest way to do that for a business is to increase the team’s access to ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...