The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.
Presidential science advisor argues against draft legislation that would change how the National Science Foundation judges grant proposals.
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
Republican representatives question how the NSF reviews grants.
The President’s 2014 budget includes a windfall for the NSF and cuts to the CDC.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
Starting in 2014, the federally funded initiative will seek to develop new technologies capable of mapping the activity in the human brain.