Easton R. White is an assistant professor of biology at the University of New Hampshire who studies biodiversity and ...

For example, the Nobel prize in economic science, awarded this week, underlined the importance of funding basic research.

[David Helfand]: She pulled out eight plane tickets—there were eight of us in the class—to fly us to Tucson, Arizona for the month of January, we used to have January off, just to meet astronomers, ...

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...

As the federal administration has moved to slash public funding for research and education at all levels, and as the government now enters into what could be a prolonged shutdown, many researchers are ...