Experts have published a "manifesto" on how to improve science research in four areas: methods, reporting and dissemination, reproducibility, and evaluation and incentives. With research showing that many published scientific…
President Obama recently published an article in Science magazine outlining the fall of the fossil fuel industry and the various factors that are contributing to its current decline. Ultimately, he…
With a budget of about $296 million last year, DARPA's Biological Technologies Office (BTO) is making strides in areas like cognitive assistance, immunization, and neurotechnology. These breakthroughs will not only…
A version of the "Rosetta Disk" that contains more than 1,000 human languages in just over two centimeters of space is now available in necklace form for $1,000. Given the…
More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle wondered how hot water froze faster than cold water – Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes observed the same phenomenon. Recently, a team of scientists…