US scientists are figuring out their next steps and expressing mounting concerns in the aftermath of the National Science Foundation’s move on Feb. 18 to fire about 10% of its permanent workforce.

The findings could help reshape how scientists and popular science fiction depict the enormous creature — and has possibly shed light on what lets some marine vertebrates evolve extraordinarily ...

RENEWport will bring internationally-renowned political scientist and author Professor Robert D. Putnam to Newport in April. Putnam’s visit will feature his keynote address “What is the State of ...

“We will close NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility branch in the Office of Diversity and ...

Scientists have long struggled to determine the size of the megalodon because no complete fossil of the extinct animal has been found. Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and ...

NASA told its staff Monday that the space agency will start cutting its ranks − including the office of its chief scientist − as part of a "broader governmentwide restructuring effort." ...

The sudden upheaval has led to anxiety among researchers, especially young scientists relying on NIH grants. When Noah Carrillo graduated in January with his Ph.D., he was optimistic about the ...

The French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson is remembered for, among other things, producing three curious automata in the 18th century. A poster from the time advertised them all side by side ...

The way acoustic waves generated by quakes move through and reflect from material inside a planet or moon can help scientists create a detailed map of the object's interior. We happen to have lunar ...

“If they went together to Stetson, Stetson would probably be fourth in the country right now,” Montverde Academy coach Kevin Boyle told Adam Finkelstein of 247Sports.com in an extended intervie ...

Not Robert Pattinson. It’s not a leap to think that the 38-year-old actor with the bedroom eyes and the matinee-idol mug requested that things be even more silly, repulsive, and bizarre.