Economics

Diesel prices have almost doubled over the past year, spelling trouble for farmers, truckers and the entire U.S. economy

Musk outlined his vision to investors after SpaceX posted a $542-million loss from its space launch sector in its first quarter as a public company

The university president shares thoughts on private funding and the future of science and innovation

The Google senior vice president talks about the need to reset the relationship between the government and academic and industrial science

SpaceX’s IPO—the largest in history—has out-of-this-world implications for AI, space commerce and extraterrestrial exploration

The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to mine from the moon

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development

In his latest book, science journalist Peter Brannen argues that CO₂ is the most important—and most misunderstood—molecule on Earth

The largest yet study on a four-day workweek included 141 companies, 90 percent of which retained the arrangement at the end of the six-month experiment

Deadly temperatures put great stress not just on human life but also on the economy, infrastructure, agriculture and health care

Here’s the surprising math at the heart of auction theory

President Trump’s EPA administrator Lee Zeldin seems to be focusing on costs to industry in an effort to dismantle the scientific justification for climate regulations