Science can improve people’s lives and extend human knowledge — if there is strong public support behind it. Yet there is widespread concern that this trust is eroding. In fact, public trust in ...

A new study finds that when people engage in participatory science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena, such as an eclipse, they more closely identify with science and feel a ...

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie. Even the Vatican is voicing concern. This September, a meeting at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences will ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, the development of antibiotics—and a research team including faculty at ...

Academia isn’t strong on gender equality. Women are under-represented throughout, in the research workforce and even more so as leaders in scientific organisations. This is true for science academies ...

Scientists have captured a never-before-seen phase of matter—and it may help unlock the next generation of quantum technologies. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com Researchers from Brown University and the ...

Today the Council adopted a recommendation on outlining a new European Union framework for science diplomacy. This framework aims to strengthen the Union’s position as a global leader in science and ...

An eminent fossil hunter takes the reins at the National Academy of Sciences in a turbulent moment for American researchers. Neil Shubin, a renowned evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago ...

On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report entitled “Science: A New Golden Age,” in which it lays out how it has viewed science, found it lacking, and ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios unveiled more than $5 billion in Federal commitments ...

Expert voices in Australian science news coverage are still more likely to be those of men, according to recent research, despite journalists themselves being fairly evenly spread between genders. Our ...