Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

WASHINGTON – As researchers’ and teachers’ understanding of how best to learn and teach science evolves and curricula are redesigned, many teachers are left without the experience needed to enhance ...

For today’s commentary, I will focus on the simple and noncontroversial issue of how life began. … on second thought, let’s not do that. Instead, let’s talk about what guidance the West Virginia ...

A new paper by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) staff details how using popular culture could effectively teach science, ...

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics the tools necessary to do so. Bethann Garramon Merkle, a professor of ...

To ensure that digital systems and products have security built in by design, the US federal government and cybersecurity professionals have been calling for greater investment in skills and training ...

Last week at CES, Lego introduced its new Smart Play system, with a tech-packed Smart Brick that can recognize and interact with sets and minifigures. It was unexpected and delightful to see Lego come ...

Michael Park and colleagues report an intriguing decline over six decades in ‘disruptive’ papers and patents that have moved science and technology in new directions (see Nature 613, 138–144 (2023); ...