Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.” Inside Manu Prakash are two ...

The research strategy described in the prior decadal survey in planetary science, Vision and Voyages, was structured largely by destination or destination class. Panels constituted to address the ...

Basic research is at the foundation of all scientific discoveries, underlying the innovative cures and treatments developed at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Founded in 1981, the Basic Sciences Division ...

Anthropic's cofounder said the key to advancing AI is asking "very naive, dumb questions." AI is an "incredibly new field" and "a lot of the most basic questions haven't been answered," said Jared ...

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work. In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting ...