Taking on imperial knowledge, cultural denial and dogmatic absolutism requires authors who can find their way around tricky narrative strategies.

For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers are more hesitant.

Voyager 1 continues to explore the cosmos along with its twin probe, Voyager 2.

The infrared images, taken in July, capture unprecedented views of the biggest planet's storms, moon and surrounding rings

More Americans blame corporations, not individuals, for climate change, a new poll shows.

As a schoolboy, I put little effort into my homework. But a long night wrestling with Euclidean geometry led to a career in nuclear physics - and a more resilient personality

Climate change is projected to significantly alter the yield and price of wheat in the coming years. Prices for the grain are likely to change unevenly and increase in much of the Global South, enhancing existing inequalities.

The document, which was facilitated by the European Commission, establishes new benchmarks regarding how research assessments should be performed.

As NASA takes the first steps to implement the planetary science decadal survey, the agency is warning funding will not match projections.

For the first time, China has slightly edged out the United States in the number of most cited papers, a key measure of research impact.

The UK government, raising the political heat over Brexit, began legal proceedings against the European Union for blocking its membership in the €95.5 billion research programme, Horizon Europe.

Biden signs historic legislation to pour billions into fighting climate change as the global temperature continues to rise.

UC Berkeley scientists and students looked at current artificial intelligence translation systems and found that, though flawed, they have become good enough for researchers to broadly translate their work into other languages, at least the languages of the coauthors and the country in which the research was conducted. One problem: how to get permissions to translate and share, and where will these translations live online.

After Russia's invasion, politicians promised to boost military research funding - but policy specialists aren't convinced that a rapid change lies ahead.

The most powerful rocket ever developed by the US space agency is being rolled to the launch pad.

The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act promises billions of dollars in funding to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) research and production at government agencies, private companies, and colleges and universities across the U.S. It also includes provisions to increase diversity in STEM education and the workforce and to promote socioeconomic development for underserved communities. 

Here's what the science says about driving while high on marijuana. In short: It's complicated.