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?
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.
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.
Millions of years after the Big Bang, scattered areas of gas density gradually increased in mass, heat and pressure, until they ignited in spectacular bursts of nuclear fusion...
The necessary ingredients and conditions; formation of life's molecules; Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) ....
An update on the work at the Large Hadron Collider.
The anti-science mentality and policies threaten public health, environment, and safety --and also our progress in many scientific fields.
New insights about dark matter, primordial black holes, and gravitational waves.
Structures and motions are governed by geometric rules.
A fascinating explanation of the complex relationship between the oceans and atmosphere --and how that balance makes the planet function.
A theory we acept today was originally rejected by most physicists
A look at how major ideas in science are often initially resisted, and a view of the invisible cosmos
When the LHC starts up again in 2015, what will scientists be looking for?
How photosynthesis --and life-- emerged in Earth's ancient chemical environment
A leader in the study of exotic microbes at hydrothermal vents explains the significance and the potential of these life forms
A discussion of the exceptionally well-documented climate change in Massachusetts
Can the great Himalaya ecosystem adapt to the dual assault of rapid development and climate change?
The real dangers of psychotropic drugs that are routinely prescribed for children
Important insights into the brain from research on anesthesia, coma and sleep
The anti-science mentality and policies threaten public health, environment, and safety --and also our progress in many scientific fields.
Irrefutable evidence for why we should --and can-- transition to renewable energy without delay
An expert on the science of the soil and how climate change and other forces affect the "skin of the Earth"
