You probably use science words every day without thinking twice about them. Someone might tell you they have a theory about why traffic was terrible, or a company might brag about making a quantum ...

Sterling Martin found that when he returned home to Shiprock while studying biochemistry at the University of Iowa, he had difficulty communicating his work to his family in their native tongue.

The future for scientists holding or applying for National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal grants and contracts is cloudy right now. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty ...