Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16. The affected groups have historically ...

Each station is to be capable of communication at a speed of 100 five-letter words per minute each way, during a daily ...

— #25: Ancient hominid species famous for their 'upright' posture — 11 across ...

A new report finds that a majority of Americans think the U.S. should be a world leader in science, but Democrats ...

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Democrats continue to be more likely than Republicans to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society.

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, scientists simply discover truth, and truth speaks for itself. But history tells a ...