Princeton University's fourth "Art of Science" exhibition -- featuring beautiful or otherwise interesting images created during the course of scientific research ...

The United States may be mildly embarrassed about its difficulties with science and technology literacy, but it is still struggling with how to fix it. A perspective published in Science tackles one ...

Science-fiction writers could be excused for complaining that in 2010 their best plotlines were stolen -- by real scientists. Take the work of researchers at the U.S.-based J. Craig Venter Institute, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Every issue of Popular Science begins with two amazing, full-page ...

The recent attention paid to the handling of data and computer code by the UK’s Climatic Research Unit revealed an underside to science that many found disturbing. Poorly commented computer code. Data ...

Education programs should more explicitly train teacher candidates in the rudiments of developmental science, and need policy support from states and the federal government to do so, asserts a report ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. The sand-and-water table in Barry Hoff’s classroom in the Southampton Head Start program on New York’s Long Island, used to be filled with sand on two sides. But ...

Despite slight variations in data, a flurry of reports from different agencies has reached the same general conclusion: 2010 takes the prize as one of the hottest years ever recorded. But the bottom ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

As we reach the end of 2010, the Psychology Today editors asked me (and a few other bloggers) to think about the ten most important papers of the year. I have decided to focus on ten significant ...

2010 has been a great year for science books. In addition to new titles from many of my favorite authors, there were also a number of exceptional debut titles this year. (I am not counting myself ...

The Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. These practices both involve the pursuit of those moments of discovery when what you perceive suddenly becomes more than ...