One of the biggest challenges for many advocates is encountering the science versus faith "controversy." Neil deGrasse Tyson expla...

Photo courtesy of the NIH This year marks the 30th anniversary of two mysterious outbreaks in America. One was of a form of pneumonia c...

Today's Tuneage Tuesday is brought to you from neither Istanbul nor Constantinople (despite being a featured location for They Might Be...

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In the lead up to one of Hallmark's favorite holidays, there's no doubt that kissing will be on the minds and lips of lots of people...

As we saw yesterday, the biosciences can benefit a state’s economy. Thus, states should take the initiative to attract biosciences. There ar...

We saw earlier that R&D investment has far-reaching economic effects. This is true in individual states as well as across the nation. T...

As the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform understands, smart spending is beneficial and will ultimately jumpstart the e...

Research is a noble pursuit. There are long hours of work, sometimes with no results to show for it; yet, researchers persist. Most scientis...

Now that it's had a bit of time to sink in, here are our thoughts on the State of the Union address made Tuesday evening. The following ...

With the Super Bowl just around the corner you can bet that beer sales will get a major boost. This year, I urge you take a moment and thi...

We all know of some amazing women in science: Marie Curie, known for her work on radioactivity, Rosalind Franklin for identifying the struct...

On the surface, science and music don't seem to have much in common. However, from solving musical mysteries by studying frequencies to...

New Voices would be terribly remiss to not focus today's post on new life! This is quite a scientific discovery and people are talking a...

Here are some real cheerleaders for science...no, really!

I have always been interested in learning how things work, particularly the biology in the world around me, which is why it wasn't surpr...

Last week, we started talking about the different types of blood cancer : leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and the importance of research in...

We had an election yesterday, and, as you've no-doubt heard, many members of Congress lost their seats. Interestingly, they haven't...

A few days ago we talked about how blood cancer research is important for understanding other cancers as well. To help all of that make s...

Today we’re introducing you to New Voice, Jackie Maffucci, Human Protections Research Scientist who is working as a contractor for the milit...