Curved origami isn't just elegant art. It's also a versatile way to vary the amount of force applied by robots and other machines.

When the scientific establishment gets involved in partisan politics, surveys suggest, there are unintended consequences – especially for conservatives.

How much weight would you put on a scientist's expertise versus the opinion of a random stranger? People on either end of the political spectrum decide differently what seems true.

A survey suggests that most Americans feel that discussions about charitable support may interfere with the relationship between doctors and their patients.

The Earth is losing plants and animals at rates not seen in millions of years. Ecologists explain how protecting habitat on working lands – farms, forests and ranches – can help conserve species.

An optical sensor that can detect individual molecules promises early detection of diseases and environmental contamination.

Artificial brains are far in the future, but computer chips that work like brains could keep computers advancing when today's silicon transistor chips reach their limit.

The gender gap in computing performance has dramatically narrowed, but a confidence gap remains.

A survey of over a thousand scientists reveals that their goal when communicating about their work is to help the rest of us make evidence-based decisions that draw on scientific findings.