Science

There's a shortage of women pursuing careers in computer science, but new initiatives are finding innovative ways to address the issue.

15 | June 6, 2013 7:47pm | By David Worthington

Creating a 10-day Earth prediction system using NOAA's Science on a Sphere would produce more than 52 exabytes of data, but could help scientists address our greatest environmental challenges.

1 | May 28, 2013 1:39am | By Mari Silbey

MELBOURNE -- How do you build a culture of innovation? A progressive Melbourne consultancy is calling for more science (and less conjecture) in the workplace.

5 | May 29, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

The White House sees drug abuse as a public health issue, stressing that "we cannot arrest or incarcerate our way out of the drug problem."

14 | April 27, 2013 11:46am | By Janet Fang

Artificial limbs, cancer detection, music for the hearing impaired, rockets, water filtration - these are all some of the ideas that were presented today at the White House Science Fair in...

April 22, 2013 8:57pm | By David Worthington

Built in one week, the organization Safecast pioneered a new kind of citizen science.

3 | April 12, 2013 2:00am | By Rachel James

Woods Hole will incorporate innovations from the Deepsea Challenger into existing vehicles and future exploration platforms. The main goal "is to get the technology out there."

March 26, 2013 1:58pm | By Janet Fang

Science education in the United States is suffering. What would it take to bring it back to life?

August 21, 2012 3:00am | By Rose Eveleth

Venture capitalists continued to put money into software and media ventures, but have backed away from clean technology and life sciences in the first quarter of 2013.

April 22, 2013 7:22am | By Joe McKendrick

The nation's most prestigious science competition for high school students awarded $1.25 million in 2013.

3 | March 13, 2013 8:25pm | By Laura Shin

Can you detect your own heartbeat? If so, you may have the power of interoception and even have a richer emotional life. Here's how to find out.

7 | June 14, 2013 5:00am | By Christie Nicholson

A Kickstarter campaign could release hundreds of thousands of synthetic biological weeds across the United States -- and so far, the government is doing nothing about it.

25 | June 13, 2013 1:43am | By Laura Shin

The co-founder of the green cleaning products company flaunts traditional consumer products design strategies and encourages every employee to be weird.

1 | June 4, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

A who's who of tech and innovation have launched the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences--with a purse more than double that of the Nobels--with two aims in mind: cure disease and extend life.

4 | February 22, 2013 8:54am | By Kirsten Korosec

The science behind the ubiquitous security camera is advancing steadily - from facial recognition to predictive modeling to simply finding new places to hide the cameras themselves.

1 | February 20, 2013 1:56am | By Rose Eveleth

BUENOS AIRES -- Scientists in Uruguay have engineered sheep that glow green under UV light. And no, they're not meant for Scottish raves.

May 31, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

China's growing wealth has produced a paradox of sorts: it now outsources carbon pollution within its own borders just as wealthier countries have done with China.

7 | June 11, 2013 10:52pm | By David Worthington

We may like the idea of simply pressing a button and going, but both regulators and the insurance industry are not so sure that Google's self-driving cars have a future.

7 | February 6, 2013 7:20am | By Charlie Osborne

Today, telekinetic aviation. Tomorrow, mind-controlled wheelchairs and prosthetic arms.

3 | June 10, 2013 12:36pm | By Janet Fang

An analysis published in a prestigious science journal debunks the argument that firearm restrictions do more harm than good.

33 | March 21, 2013 4:33am | By Tuan C. Nguyen