About 30 years ago, a 20-something scientist was hard at work on an obscure bit of chemistry. It wasn’t clear that the chemistry would ever have any real-world application, but researchers thought ...
Microsoft makes Windows, Word and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses. The sensors enable aerial drones to track endangered ...
On a number of occasions, the funding of basic scientific research has become a punching bag for politicians that are hoping to score points by hyping government waste or stoking the culture wars. To ...