The United States, for much of its history, was less an engine of scientific progress than a beneficiary of it. Pasteur, Koch, Lister, Mendel, Curie, Fleming—the giants who midwifed modern medicine ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

Millions of scientific papers are published globally every year. These papers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine present discoveries that range from the mundane to the ...

In 1747, Scottish physician Dr. James Lind conducted an experiment aboard a British naval vessel to find a cure for scurvy, then a devastating cause of illness and death among sailors. He divided 12 ...

Pauses in funding, communication freezes, reductions in funds to research institutions and the dismissal of scientists at federal agencies threaten American science. While some may support such ...

Last year, Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, which, besides shoring up the American semiconductor industry, also significantly increased federal spending on scientific research. Both the ...

I’m in my 80s now, so I remember what life was like in the 1940s and 1950s. In those days, heart attacks hung like the Sword of Damocles. They took the lives of so many, and few knew what to do about ...

Positioning the Blood Pressure Intelligence Platform as a Leading Force in Preventive HealthNEUCHÂTEL, Switzerland, Dec. 30, ...

In Utah, we cherish a unique way of life. Often overlooked, is that our lifestyle relies heavily on scientific advances: medical tests and treatments, air quality monitoring, and snowmaking at ski ...

"The tragedy of today is that we are the heirs and the beneficiaries of thousands of years of progress and we take it for granted. You wake up in a nice soft bed. You go get fresh milk and orange ...