At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

The humble inventions that power our modern world wouldn’t have been possible without decades of support for early-stage research. In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone ...

In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...

Simple home experiments that illustrate basic science make abstract concepts tangible.