This week's science news.

Science News offers readers a concise, current and comprehensive overview of the latest scientific research in all fields and ...

Researchers and science publishers need to seize the opportunity offered by the drastic shifts in the way news is produced — ...

The past year has been “filled with turmoil” for science, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt said during ...

SOCORRO, NM - 1999: These 27 moveable antennas, known as the Very Large Array, take in radio signals, some extremely faint, from throughout the cosmos, 1999 near Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA is a ...

Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say. Scientists primarily publish their work in academic ...

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, ...

Researchers found that the body’s natural recycling system, the lysosome, plays a vital role in removing the protein that drives premature aging. When this system breaks down, aging speeds up. By ...

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, ...