Physicist Lisa Meitner discovered nuclear fission soon after fleeing Nazi Germany 1938, but the Nobel Prize was given to a man as she saw her breakthrough used in ways she opposed

Removal of last remaining geographic restrictions will allow 3 foundations to offer grants beyond Green Line, essentially erasing the demarcation for Washington

Pew Research Center global survey finds science workers also viewed more positively than business leaders, news media

'Aging as we know it shouldn't happen,' says Israeli researcher Nir Barzilai, whose new book studies 750 centenarians, finding that drugs may delay the onset of major diseases

Ironically, attempts to fast-track research on COVID-19 drugs have led to a slew of low-quality studies that add to confusion. And statements by politicians aren't helping either

Nearly half of the 3,537 projects that took place in 2019 involved subjecting the animals involved to the highest levels of pain on scale

Aerobic respiration was thought to exist in all multi-cellular lifeforms, but Tel Aviv University scientists find one parasite lacks the systems to process the element entirely

National Jewish Book Award-winner Charles King's 'Gods of the Upper Air' tells how a cohort of women scholars helped Franz Boaz give birth to the field of anthropology

Decade-long research at Weizmann Institute could pave way for low-emissions production of carbon for use in biofuels, food, and help remove excess global warming CO₂ from air

Rodents seem to gain satisfaction from mastering a new skill in finding that could have implications for treating mental illness