It’s official. Joe Biden and Donald Trump have secured the necessary delegates[1] to be their parties’ nominees for president in the 2024 election. Barring unforeseen events, the two will be formally nominated at the party conventions this summer and face

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Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.[2]. How do airplanes fly? – Benson, age 10, Rockford, Michigan Airplane flight is one of the

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By harnessing light, my colleagues and I[1] designed a wireless, ultrathin pacemaker that operates like a solar panel. This design not only eliminates the need for batteries but also minimizes disruptions to the heart’s natural function by molding to its

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Dusty barns, gleaming stables and damp basements. These are all places where you might find a house mouse – or a member of my research team.

I’m an evolutionary biologist[1], and my lab at Drexel University studies wild house mice. With help from

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Doctors may someday be able to use bodily fluids to noninvasively detect breast cancer in patients earlier than is possible now.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women[1] in the U.S. and is currently one of the leading causes of

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Federal spending on fundamental scientific research is pivotal to America’s long-term economic competitiveness and growth. But less than two years after agreeing the U.S. needed to invest[1] tens of billions of dollars more in basic research than it had

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