Science Matters

Large masses of plastic refuse and other marine debris, drawn together by waves and wind, currently float across the north Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.

Historically Black colleges and universities have proven to be extremely effective in graduating Black students, particularly in STEM.

By Peter Kurczynski NASA chief scientist for cosmic origins and former NSF program director for advanced technologies and instrumentation The fastest way to send the largest data files is not by the…

One-hundred-sixty-one years ago this month, in early September 1859, a powerful magnetic storm generated by the sun collided with the Earth. The interaction triggered a worldwide event.

1. My Sky Tonight (pre-K) Figuring out how to best engage young children in science topics can be intimidating. Luckily, the My Sky Tonight project can help.

Though you may not realize it, as you scroll through the morning's headlines on your smartphone, you hold in your hands the culmination of years of federally funded academic research.

You open a letter from your grandmother. No money falls out, but you keep reading anyway.

This field trip has gone horribly wrong. A school bus full of third graders sits stranded, submerged in a dense, sticky substance with no way to escape. Then someone comes up with an idea.

You’re going to live in a quantum future.

1. Rather than choose between pursuing a career in chemistry or the arts, Madeline Corona pursued a role where she could do both.