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Research suggests that the more opportunities you have to connect with different people--and fresh ideas--the more creative and productive you tend to be
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A new biography looks to document how the scientist thought of so many inventions, some of which are housed at the American History Museum
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Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Partnerships that pair schools and working scientists are helping kids think about science—and science careers—in ways they never imagined
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Water pumps powered by the sun could solve a host of problems for rural farmers and the nation’s power grid
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Research is showing how much the bonds between dogs and their owners have become like a parent-child relationship
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Every generation produces kid geniuses, but in the early 1900s, the public was obsessed with them
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Like pine beetles sickening a forest as they spread, cancer can be seen as a disruption in the balance of a complex microenvironment in the human body
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Design agency BREAKFAST is creating the street sign of the future
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Recent research suggests that the brain rebuilds a memory every time it is recalled. And that creates a window of opportunity for changing it
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Ron Finley's L.A. Green Grounds brings fresh fruit and vegetables to urban neighborhoods dominated by fast food, liquor stores and empty lots
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Millions of people worldwide flee their homes to escape violence, persecution or natural disasters. Here’s where they live
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Mix 3-D printers and biomimicry and what do you get? Products that are as strong, resilient, versatile--and biodegradable--as most things in nature
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Scientists keep finding reasons why fathers matter. They also think it's not a bad idea for dads to ask their kids, "How am I doing?"
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See how three scientists at Bell Laboratories in 1954 invented the silicon solar cell that became the model for converting sunlight into electricity today
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A University of Florida engineer is building a squadron of hand-sized drones that he says will be able to gather data as they ride on hurricane winds
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A radical new college model could change the rigged obstacle course of the world’s education system, expanding opportunity for millions of students
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Television shows for preschoolers are teaching a whole new audience about science—their parents
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A new device can read your brain patterns to steer a toy helicopter—the mere thought of clenching your right fist veers the chopper right
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No, it's not about learning to live underground for 17 years. It's all about the noise.
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The company is betting that it can replicate baking the pastry on a massive, industrial scale
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