A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy ...

NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will uncover how the Sun stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Mars is a very different world ...

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a ...

There’s a growing interest in mining the ocean seabed for minerals essential to technology. But whose minerals are they? A ...

The nature of warfare is in constant flux, and with it, the demands on military logistics. As the U.S. Army shifts its focus ...

Gordon Gauchat is a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Scientists and researchers who ...

Purrs of contentment. Soulful eyes locked on yours over dinner. Valentine’s Day? Not for pet owners. For those of us who share our lives with animals, this is a daily — if not exactly romantic — ...

There’s no easy shortcut to raising reading scores, a panel of experts told lawmakers during a congressional hearing on the “science of reading” on Tuesday. As the movement to align literacy ...

To make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired bio ...

Every year, I climb to the top of Everest. It’s no big deal. I take it one step at a time, 80,000 steps per year. By the time Dec. 31 arrives, I calculated, I have ascended at least seven vertical ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

Dr. Minson is a professor at Harvard University and the author of “How to Disagree Better.” A couple of weeks ago, I found myself on the brink of a high-risk conversation. Sitting in my in-laws’ ...