Protective policies, health insurance, and community are all important variables when gender-diverse scientists ask, “Where ...

Science’s endless frontier is a changing frontier. It requires a dynamic approach to governance, collaboration, and ...

The Department of Commerce’s new scientific-integrity policy retains references to objectivity, transparency, and scientific ...

Is there anything you’d like to add? Traveling so much has been very tough for raising a family. Pilots bid for trips and ...

This image shows a faint nebula surrounding a star in the northern constellation Cygnus. Created by amateur Peter Goodhew, it ...

See also the upcoming interview with Jennifer’s pilot husband, Matthew Inman.

A recent essay convincingly argues that scientists should make a habit of reading history books. The following books by historians of science are worthy of a place on your shelf. In his thoughtful ...

On 1 November 1929, Marie Curie spent her evening at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In her only public appearance in the city, she was scheduled as the guest of honor to address the third annual dinner ...

As passengers on a rotating planet, our lives are fully synchronized with the day–night cycle, and we are intimately familiar with its many effects on the weather. Most of us can instinctively predict ...

Nature: The European Union plans to spend €12 million ($16 million) over three years to evaluate the effects of extracting valuable minerals from the vicinity of hydrothermal vents in the ocean floor.

Laura Nader, University of California, Berkeley.

Selling time on the 4.3-meter telescope at Lowell Observatory is part of the strategy for increasing revenues for the cash-strapped facility. Staff astronomers at Lowell Observatory learned on 9 ...