Science 2.0 contributor Professor Paul S. Knoepfler of the University of California Davis School of Medicine is being honored at the World Stem Cell Summit with the Stem Cell Action 'National…

The stereotype of the scientist is having little creativity and knowledge that is 'a mile deep and a yard wide.' Not so, according to a new paper which found that successful entrepreneurs and patent…

"Open access" journal publishing was founded on the principle that corporations should not hold a copyright on research that was becoming increasingly taxpayer-funded. Instead of subscribers paying…

A Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed legislation that includes cuts to sponsorship of...NASCAR. You didn't know the federal government advertises  Well, why would they do…

High-achieving American students tend to be white and well-off, much like throughout all of history. Is that a failure of equal opportunity? It is, according to University of Connecticut education…

Your galaxy has a supermassiv black hole - so does mine as does every large galaxy. But how did they grew so big is a matter of speculation. Einstein predicted gravitational waves; ripples in space-…

Obesity, along with diabetes and associated consequences like cardiovascular, neurological and renal diseases, is increasing worldwide. Along with focusing on smarting eating, research is on to…

There’s a post being highlighted by anti-GMO activists on Twitter that claims that cancer is now the leading cause of death among children in the US, that the rates of pediatric cancer are increasing…

93 scientists have declared GMO safety a misinformation campaign and deplore the lack of empirical and scientific evidence on which the false claims of “consensus” on safety are being made. Bring…

Wind turbines often disappoint because the models that justified them weren't all that accurate. But as wind turbines themselves hopefully improve, modeling may as well. And output power may get some…