A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Science history is filled with brilliant minds whose contributions have gone largely unrecognized or deliberately overlooked.

Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

Among some people, it changed their lifestyles, brought comfort in daily lives, improved health, education, and business.

Scientists who win Nobel Prizes become "visible scientists" - getting "almost bulletproof prestige and a reputation that can open just about any door," writes Massimiano Bucchi in The MIT Press Reader ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star cluster have more stellar siblings than we thought  — ...

H. Bentley Glass was at one time one of the most famous scientists in the nation. His life was a journey that began with missionary parents and a Texas education. Glass traveled the world, wrote ...

For several decades, evidence has suggested that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Crucial to those estimates ...

Rule change weeds out many who co-author papers with others linked to suspicious practices.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

What happens when venture capital and government pull back from science entrepreneurs at the same time? Many scientists think we’re about to find out, and are looking at how we can preserve our ...