Science touches so many aspects of modern life that it’s hard to keep up. Through our programs and this website, Science for the Public provides up-to-date information about scientific innovations, discoveries, and issues that are shaping modern knowledge.
What's so important about an atmosphere? Find out here.
Many of the most important advances in scientific understanding were initially rejected or ignored.
In an era of global science, other nations are increasing their science budgets. Why aren't we?
A solution for the demands of high tech computing: a memristor combines the functions of memory and computation, storing transient information about the signals passed through it.
The Pioneer Valley Coral and Natural Sciences Institute has a two-fold mission: to research materials to marine scientists; and to provide opportunities for young learners to get hands-on laboratory experience.
Stellar death explosions produce massive gas and dust clouds, and some of that detritus becomes solar systems ...
The necessary ingredients and conditions; formation of life's molecules; Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) ....
Harvard's Law School Environmental Clinic shows us how we can use the law to save our environment
How realistic is the time-travel concept and how would time machines work?
Remarkable nano-tech devices for medicine and environment
An important critique of geoengineering, including cautions about misinformation
The correct interpretation of light spectra from stars was presented by a young researcher whose evidence was initially rejected.
A description of exoplanet atmospheres and how scientists attempt to analyze these alien atmospheres.
A very exciting investigation of the possible role of ultraviolet radiation in the emergence of life --on Earth and elsewhere
How microbes and their communities evolve and what the process means for us
At the Summons Lab, scientists probe soil and rock samples from both ancient Earth and Mars for bio-molecules
Harvard's Law School Environmental Clinic shows us how we can use the law to save our environment
Dudley Foster, the Woods Hole engineer closely associated with the Alvin's history, describes explorations of the deep-sea submersible.
Advances in nanotechnology are revolutionizing medicine. A leader in the field describes recent developments and his commitment to making them available to a wide public.
The potential danger of long-term use of ADHD drugs
An author-activist urges public engagement to ensure the transition to renewable energy
A co-author of the new book from the Union of Concerned Scientists describes how individuals can substantially reduce their carbon footprints while creating a healthy lifestyle...
Reknowned for introducing a paradigm shift in the understanding of complex networks
A major marine and plant biologist who analyzes fossil plankton genomes to predict potenitial adaptabilty of modern plankton in a threatened environment