His decoding the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th century ...

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among ...

John von Neumann stands as a towering figure in the annals of 20th-century science, distinguished by his profound contributions across multiple disciplines. Born in Budapest in 1903, his remarkable ...

A new study shows that the oceans were less cold in the early 20th century (1900--1930) than previously thought. During this period the ocean appears too cold due to the way some measurements were ...

Chinese scientist is remembered as one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, alongside Albert Einstein.

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The Trump administration has systematically gone about defunding, demoralizing and undermining America’s scientific institutions and agencies: the National Institute of Health, the National Science ...

The MIT Press is rescuing early 20th-century science fiction from obscurity. The excerpts that follow might remind you of stories that came later. I’ve spent the past few years, on behalf of the MIT ...

What do we really know about the future? Probably not as much as we think. We search past patterns for clues about the future. We review statistics to provide information about trends. We consult ...