In the classic Schoolhouse Rock song “I’m Just a Bill,” the bill laments the prospect of waiting with other bills, hoping to ...

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

The Louisiana Department of Education released its annual Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test results on Thursday ...

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.

The NSF funds basic science research — the kinds of questions sparked by curiosity that may have no clear application and little interest from corporations or philanthropies, but that can deepen ...

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ... Mitra and colleagues wrote that their observation “challenges our basic understanding of physics,” with practical effects extending ...

For me, the most fascinating part is the fact that such a group of animals managed to adapt to different habitats, which ...

The U.S. has led the world in science for so long that it’s easy to believe this has always been one of the country’s natural strengths. In fact, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S ...

The China Association for Science and Technology will host its annual meeting in Beijing next month, bringing together ...

China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission Tianwen-2 will first return samples from an asteroid, then explore a mysterious comet-like object.

Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation is in crisis. The $9 billion agency exists entirely to fund science researchers, projects and facilities outside its Alexandria, Virginia ...