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Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says

In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief

Science Should Be More Helpful to New Parents

We need paid leave so young researchers can start families without abandoning STEM careers

Soap-Bubble Pioneer Is First Woman to Win Prestigious Math Prize

Abel-prize winner Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck built bridges between analysis, geometry and physics

Are We Measuring Research Success Wrong?

Universities tout how much they spend, but it’s no virtue if that spending is inefficient

Researchers Write about Brain-Machine Interfaces, How Eels Shock, and What Shark Bites Have to Do with Rebuilding Broken Bodies 

Whose Job Is It to Help Build Public Trust in Science?

Scientists, research institutions and science writers all have roles to play

Is NASA’s Golden Age of Space Telescopes Ending?

For the second year in a row, the White House is seeking to cancel one of the space agency’s top-priority astrophysics projects, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope

The Private Sector Is Returning to the Flood Insurance Game

New technology and increased investment could help expand paltry flood coverage

The Cuban "Sonic Attack" and Journalistic Ethics

A session at a recent scientific meeting exposed the dangers not of mythical high-tech weapons but of the heedless rush to sensationalize

U.S. Blocks U.N. Resolution on Geoengineering

The measure called for a report on carbon capture and solar radiation management

Supersensitive Telescope Gets Global Governing Body

CERN-like organization will oversee the construction and operation of the powerful Square Kilometer Array

On Pi Day, Let's Disrupt Our Narrow Notions of STEM

A festival in Dallas shows how these fields connect to most spheres of human activity, including the arts, humanities and design

Scientists Call for a Moratorium on Editing Inherited Genes

Amid a controversy over gene-edited babies, leading researchers want to call a halt and install a global governance process

New Acting FDA Commissioner Named

Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over the job when Scott Gottlieb leaves next month

Trump Seeks Big Cuts to Science Funding—Again

The president wants to cut spending at the National Institutes of Health and Environmental Protection Agency, but it is not clear whether Congress will go along

Democrats Want Any Infrastructure Bill to Address Climate Change

Proponents have floated proposals ranging from energy efficiency to electric grid modernization

Violence Propels Ebola Outbreak toward 1,000 Cases

Surging conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is hampering efforts to stamp out the virus

Infertility and the Leaky Pipeline

Difficulty in conceiving a baby should not be allowed to wreck a woman’s scientific career

What High School Engineering Taught Me, and How It Can Empower Other Girls

On International Women’s Day, a student reflects on a class that inspired her creativity

As Russian Military Moves into Thawing Arctic, U.S. Strategy Shifts

Two generals told a Senate panel that climate change is already affecting the U.S. military