Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research and projects, but even so, it can’t do everything without a little ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider — or getting more helping hands on ...

The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program has awarded $20 million each to the Louisiana Public Health Institute and the ...

A few months before my youngest child graduated high school, a couple of hawks built a nest in a big magnolia tree near our house. For several weeks, the birds swooped through the yard. Sometimes they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Science Buddies Science Buddies is the name becoming synonymous with hands-on science projects and all the support ...

If you want to break into data science, a portfolio of completed projects is your most powerful asset. From analyzing Titanic passenger data to creating interactive dashboards, beginner-friendly ...

NASA is inviting the public to join 36 citizen science projects. Volunteers can help with discoveries from asteroids to Martian clouds. To join, email do-nasa-science-join@lists.nasa.gov with ...

Monday’s eclipse is bringing together a diverse group of citizen scientists, working to collectively enhance our knowledge of the Sun and Earth’s atmosphere. Reading time 4 minutes Several ...

Thousands of Wake County Public School System students this year worked with their classmates on a year-long, hands-on project -- work that Superintendent Robert Taylor said is important for learning ...

Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.