Researchers describe color by its luminance, dominant wavelength, and purity. Purity—how vivid or intense a color appears—can affect perception and emotional response, something I explored in that ...

Pennsylvania high schooler Ethan Albright is developing his own biodegradable fishing lures. He won a science fair for the invention.

The N.I.H. has terminated hundreds of diversity grants awarded to young researchers, many of whom come from the very places ...

Bechtol and his fellow scientists hope they can learn more about the universe than all of scientific progress has allowed in ...

Two Virginia high schoolers with a love for environmental science are taking their knowledge to the world of podcasting, with a goal of helping their community.

This award, in memory of former Newsday sports reporter Marcus A. Henry, is presented annually to a student who excels in the ...

In a meeting of art and science, researchers from Ghent University worked with artists to reconstruct the face of a woman who ...

When Priscilla Chan opened a school for disadvantaged kids in 2016 with her husband, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, she took aim at some of America’s thorniest challenges. “A persistent academic ...

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists are getting ready to take a refreshing dip in the Seine. The ...

At Cambridge City Council meeting on Monday, two of the city’s state representatives weighed in on a partnership between the East End House and BioMed that sits at the center of a public dispute over ...

From hiking the Sunnyvale Bay Trail to riding in a self-driving car across the Golden Gate Bridge, here are some things to do ...