I’ve spent much of my long life studying — and trying to understand — the history of the universe. Along the way, I have been constantly reminded that science is essentially international: Science ...

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Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a ...

Needed funding came from the greatest basic scientific enterprise in the world, the National Science Foundation. My research was esoteric, or so my in-laws (and everyone else) ...

The Institution That Powers the U.S. Scientific Enterprise. For 75 years, the National Science Foundation has been the quiet backbone of American scientific progress.

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a ...