Science funding[1] is a hot topic these days and people have questions about how grants work. Who decides whether a researcher will receive funds? What’s the decision-making process? How is the money spent once a grant proposal has been approved?
As a veteran academic researcher[2], department chairperson and associate dean for research, I...
Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian[1]” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National Space Administration. We are now 10 years past the Hollywood adaptation’s 2015 release[2] and 10 years shy of its fictional timeline. At...
If they’re in your area, you’ll know it from their loud droning, chirping and buzzing sounds. Cicadas from Brood XIV[1] – one of the largest groups of cicadas that emerge from underground on a 13-year or 17-year cycle – are surfacing in May and June 2025 across 12 states. This large-scale biological event reaches from northern...
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer[1] that has spread to his bones. But what does it mean for this type of cancer to be called aggressive?
As a urologic surgeon[2] who specializes in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, I often explain to my patients that aggressiveness isn’t...