Tag: science
How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
Charlotte Oliver, Colorado State University
Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating...
Research replication can determine how well science is working – but...
Amanda Kay Montoya, University of California, Los Angeles
Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench...
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound...
Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality
Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science and Technology and William Schonberg, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Just...
‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries...
EPA must use the best available science − by law −...
H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University
Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its...
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed...
Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the...
Arthur Daemmrich, Arizona State University
President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 amid a devastating pandemic, with over...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
