Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a central pillar of research and innovation policy.

The expansion of scientific knowledge has led to breakthroughs on some key challenges and to important societal evolutions. Yet, science’s full potential will remain untapped unless there is a ...

The confidence people place in science is frequently based not on what it really is, but on what people would like it to be. When I asked students at the beginning of the year how they would define ...

During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science had increased, we recently discovered. But 7% said that it had decreased. Why is there such variety of responses?

Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher today would have students investigate various types of objects under ...

As scientists and engineers, we feel privileged to have careers that contribute to the progress of knowledge and understanding. The rewards of participating in research and discovery and of mentoring ...

In the atrium of a research building at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing is a wall of patents. Around five metres wide and two storeys high, the wall displays 192 certificates, ...

Over the next year, the Royal Society and AAAS will be consulting widely ahead of a planned update of New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy in time for its 15th anniversary in 2025. As part of this ...

For a century, Science News has been covering the latest advances in science, medicine and technology. While the always-evolving nature of science is inspiring, it’s the themes that endure across time ...

The science of learning is an interdisciplinary area of study that investigates the processes of human learning. It builds on a long history of research from developmental psychology, linguistics, ...

We explain the administration’s cuts to research. By Alan Burdick I’m an editor and occasional reporter of health and science news. Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of the literature on science misinformation, its origins and impact, ...