Why is it that people respect cancer research more than studies looking at wombat poop? Or why does space research belong in a funding hierarchy higher than other research? What distinguishes ...

Gayle Anderson previews the new California Science Center exhibition Mummies of the World. Explore more than 30-naturally and intentionally preserved human and animal mummies from ancient Egypt, South ...

A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

The lights in the auditorium darken. The cacophony of voices subsides. The enormous screen comes to life, displaying a satellite image of Australia and the scattering of islands directly to the north.

A merican universities are heading downwards in a spiral of self-delusion. They still talk about their commitment to excellence, their great achievements, their leadership of the world of science, but ...

In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year decline since the end ...

The world of science is always changing and growing, thanks to people's endless curiosity and their strong desire to learn new things. Every day, new discoveries are made that help us understand more ...

Lots of science books will be published over the course of the coming year – tonnes, in fact. After spending last month wading through the books and publisher catalogues that came into our offices, I ...