Schools play a vital role in expanding scientific knowledge. But a lack of teachers, budgets cuts, and teenage clumsiness have prevented many schools from updating–or even obtaining–basic lab ...

Most engineering and science laboratories in South Korea have a thick blue “encyclopedia” on their shelves. During an era when acquiring even a single beaker or reagent bottle was challenging, this ...

Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientists are going back to basics and testing ...

Countries that study basic science enjoy faster economic growth, believes Klaus Jaffe, coordinator of the Centre for Strategic Studies of Simón Bolívar University in Venezuela. In his study of World ...

Science labs across the country are running low on crucial equipment. Our Planet Money team investigated what is behind the supply shortage. Science labs across the country are running low on crucial ...

Some say bigger is better, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are far more impressive. This month, MIT researchers ...