A holistic approach backed by science is vital to a successful UN Global Plastics Treaty, explained Professor Steve Fletcher, Director of the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of ...

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States. Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at ...

Since humanity's earliest days, people have looked up at the stars, using science, art, religion, philosophy, mathematics, and any other tool at their disposal to better understand the complicated and ...

CU Boulder professors Noah Finkelstein of physics and Valerie Otero of education have won the 2023 Svend Pedersen Award and Lecture from Stockholm University Two experts in science education at the ...

Only three out of 10 Americans see climate change as a clear and present issue. Experts believe the way we talk about climate change directly impacts the public response toward global warming. Global ...

New advisors to the Food and Drug Administration on antidepressants, menopause drugs and other topics have conflicts of interest and contrarian views. Nearly 80 researchers sent a letter to the FDA ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...