Royal Society calls for a more equitable future for humanity Consumption levels between developed and developing nations must be rebalanced alongside a stabilisation of the world's population by voluntary methods, according to a new...

As we complete another trip around the sun, Vox looks back at the events that defined 2014. A deadly virus gained a foothold in new territory; A terrorist group deemed too extreme by Al Qaeda invaded Iraq with ease; and long-standing...

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first...

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first...

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first...

John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of a Nobel Prize winning discovery: the first image of the cosmic microwave background. This image showed the world what the universe looked like shortly after the big bang, and transformed cosmology....

To begin a year-long commemoration of NSF's 70th anniversary, and 75 years since the publication of "Science - the Endless Frontier," the National Science Foundation held a two-day symposium. To view the version with the breaks