There are four wings to the Earth Science building of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md. But on Aug. 8, "we added a virtual fifth wing," says NASA emeritus scientist Milton Halem ...

The world’s food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, ...

Hundreds of biological field stations exist across the globe, supporting highly local, single-site projects as well as endeavors spanning continents. Yet few are networked on a regional scale.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11 million in funding for 15 projects in exploratory research for extreme-scale science that will leverage emerging trends and ...

Scaling is one of the biggest challenges any company faces, requiring founders and leaders to set aside their science and innovation skills, and become experts in finance, recruitment, networking and ...

A Soviet astronomer in the 1960s proposed a scale to classify hypothetical alien civilizations. Here’s why the framework is ...