Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today all mathematics is based on it ...

The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program ...

Shohamy is director of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University and co-director of Columbia’s Kavli Institute for Brain Science. I recently sat with a young scientist ...

The concept of zero, first formalised by Brahmagupta in 7th century India, was a philosophical breakthrough that enabled progress in fields from astronomy to finance and computer science. From ...

It also revealed a deeper division between science and the humanities — quiet now but with a Harvard history. Viewpoint diversity means wanting more conservatives, not a further sprinkling of ...

On July 3, 1945, 10 German scientists who had worked on Germany’s nuclear program were interned by the Allies at a country mansion called Farm Hall, in Godmanchester, England, about 20 miles ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The hits to science, and scientists, keep coming under the Trump administration.

Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new study that found when researchers use humor in their communication -- particularly online ...

Understanding why we live in a matter-dominated universe demands that scientists recreate the quark-gluon plasma that existed one millionth of a second after the Big Bang. A Large Ion Collider ...

That tradition is under threat in ways it has never been before as Donald Trump’s administration engages in the mass firing of scientists in the federal government, cuts funding to scientific ...

What started as a simple Bluesky post—“Get in dorks, we’re going protesting”—transformed into 32 official Stand Up for Science rallies last month, as well as over 100 related events ...

Neil Armstrong’s famous quote—That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind—became an iconic phrase, representing the spirit of exploration and achievement that science ...