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.
The many demands on emergency room staff include effective communication with highly stressed patients. This researcher seeks best approaches for communicating with the mentally ill in ER situations.
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...
Partly in order to understand its amazing complexity, and partly in order to advance medical therapies. So, how do you create a viable cell?
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.
The concept that all matter is composed of an invisible but fundamental entity was resisted for a very long time.
David Kaiser discusses how culture influences science and why we should be aware of that relationship
Was there ever life on Mars? How do scientists search for and analyze possible clues?
Reconstructing the relationship between biological evolution and geology, climate, environment
How the unprecedented loss of biodiversity impacts human health
Scientists are now able to study in detail the dynamic volcanic activity of the deep ocean ridges. This is a description of what scientists are learning.
An international authority on the dual impacts of climate change and environmental destruction discusses the urgent need for a restorative development policy.
Visual representation is essential for the communication of science concepts and data
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.
A nanotech innovation to improve solar energy...
Outstanding resources on the relationship between physics, history and culture
An innovator in the development of nano-scale sensors and circuits used in medicine (such as "smart thread"), and a researcher committed democratizing science