When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it would result in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the ...

I can trace most of my career to one particular visiting speaker. This is unusual for me, as it turns out. "Turning point" questions are a staple of social media and author interviews— "What made you ...

The last two decades have not been kind to science studies. Already bruised and battered by the “science wars” of the 1990s, by the 2000s sociologists of science — who had l ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s that presented a ...

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Rachel Feltman: Hey, it’s Rachel, and I am here in a bunny suit at MIT.nano with Professor Vladimir Bulović, who is going to show us around. Vladimir Bulović: Well, it’s a pleasure to ...

Creativity has made headlines in recent years, lauded the #1 career skill of the future. Yet educators and social scientists have struggled to find an objective way to study creativity. Now, ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels hibernate for more than half of each year. Studying their extreme behavior has yielded biological insights and could lead to biomedical breakthroughs. Credit: Tyler ...

Every college student needs a computer science course, and most need two or more. More and more educators are beginning to recognize this truth, but we are a long way from meeting the need. Should we ...