The Moon is Earth’s constant companion, the first skywatching target pointed out to us as children. We watch its face change as the month progresses, and see patterns and pictures in its geological ...

Many researchers think that science policy is a total snoozefest. They imagine policy workers churning out boring white papers that sit idly at the bottom of a drawer, never to be read.

Although the awards are not a representative look at all of science, they reveal the trends and incentives shaping key scientific fields. As Nobel season approaches, we at the magazine wondered ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science. In April 2020, 14 ...

Art imagines, science answers: and the answer is final. But go ask Aristotle: Art and science were not always opposites. The Renaissance was an art/science crossover. Without Darwin and Einstein ...

The United States and China have missed the deadline to renew a pact that governs their cooperation in science and technology. But they are close to agreeing on a way forwards, Nature has learnt.

Such labels represent a direct smear on scientists' reputations—the coin of the realm in science; as a consequence of this censorship regime, many scientists opt to stay silent or watch from the ...