Earth in early times looked a lot different than it does now. It was a hot, high-pressure environment with no ozone layer and no oxygen in the atmosphere. Still, organisms that existed at these times ...

New studies and patents are "increasingly less likely to break with the past in ways that push science and technology in new directions," according to a 2023 paper that found a lack of disruptive ...

It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists.