Here’s how some researchers and educators are giving prospective students and the public a window into their labs.

Charles R. Knight’s illustrations shaped the public’s view of prehistoric life.

The sturgeon restoration study’s outcome won’t be known for decades.

Lincoln Brower, an American entomologist famous for his work to conserve the monarch populations of Mexico and the US, has passed away at age 86.

Officials at scientific societies and advocacy organizations urge lawmakers to push back against proposed cuts at the NIH and other agencies.

Researchers could become better at engaging in public discourse by more fully considering the social and cultural contexts of their work.

In a shifting media landscape with a growing public interest in science, some researchers are doing their own PR.

See a preview of the app that lets you ask questions of a virtual Charles Darwin.

A survey finds that arts, humanities, and social science faculty members in the U.K. engage more with the general public than their counterparts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

A close cooperation between science, politics, and economics has helped to control one of history’s most destructive epidemics.
 

Artist Anicka Yi explores the beauty of bacteria.

With more and more bad science infiltrating the media landscape, it’s time for researchers to speak up.

Concerns about the relationship between science and society transcend traditional political differences.

A new public opinion poll shows European Union citizens feel favorably about science and technology, but in the dark about advances in the fields.

On winning hearts, minds, and votes for science

American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.

In Chapter 4, “Darwin’s Barnacles, Agassiz’s Jellyfish,” author Christoph Irmscher describes his subject’s obsession with marine organisms.

Three-Minute Thesis competitions are designed to help young researchers refine their communication skills, but not everyone is convinced they are effective.

Five workers at anti-polio campaigns were shot at close range this week, creating a major setback for efforts to prevent the crippling disease.