Improved methods for social and behavioral sciences research could help enhance public trust in science, says a new study ...

Science of Science Funding is an NBER initiative, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which seeks to improve understanding of effective methods of supporting scientific research. Its goal is ...

Dr. Mark Lindsay was 5 years old when he first learned that tree trunks were brown. "Up until that point, I believed leaves and trunks were all green. Just lighter and darker shades," Mark said. Mark ...

Societal challenges, from climate change to public health crises to advancements in AI, have been intrinsically linked with scientific progress for generations. But as politics become more polarized, ...

The question of whether science and religion are at odds or generally compatible has long been a topic of interest to philosophers, theologians and scientists, among others. In the Religious Landscape ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

Purdue’s innovative Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) is an accessible, skills-focused master’s designed to meet the needs of professionals who have some background in data science and want to ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...