Superman left one big lingering question about the Man of Steel’s civilian identity. Now, director James Gunn has provided an ...

The government’s flagship education programme, Basic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (BSTEM), took shape yesterday with the presentation of a large quantity of equipment to the Greate ...

image: A new study by Dr. Warren Lee of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found a steep decline in the number of scholarly papers about basic science published in leading medical journals in the ...

China's New Cornerstone Investigator Program, one of the country's largest privately funded initiatives for basic science, ...

Truth is uncovered in many ways—and basic science research is one of the most effective methods of revealing new truths. At the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, a team of researchers are ...

We don’t have this down to a science. Americans are ignorant about what’s going on in the scientific world, be it new health studies, climate change news or information on genetically modified foods.

Students in urban schools struggled with relatively basic tasks in a recent test of their science skills, a weakness observers say reflects many teachers’ tenuous knowledge of the subject, as well as ...

The route from scientific discovery to useful invention is often long, tortuous and extends over a horizon concealing a destination that can’t be seen — or sometimes even imagined. Two new books on ...

On the following pages, you’ll meet just a few of the UAB scientists whose discoveries hold tremendous potential to transform the treatment landscape for a variety of diseases, from kidney disease to ...

Quite often, either through emails or in public lectures, I am criticized, along with thousands of other colleagues, for dedicating my time to basic science and not to more immediate problems faced by ...

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...