A robot named Adam was the first of its kind to do science. Adam mimicked a biologist. After coming up with questions to ask about yeast, the machine tested those questions inside a robotic laboratory ...

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 ...

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 ...

Citizen science is a powerful tool for involving more people in research. By influencing policy, it is transforming conservation at global, national and local levels. Citizen science actively ...

The U.S. government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers as an investment in groundbreaking research that fuels innovation and ...