Reader preferences for liberal or conservative political books also attract them to different types of science books, according to a new study

University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Dominique Brossard discusses  the fake news phenomenon in the context of science and online social networks like Facebook and Twitter

The results have implications for public engagement across other controversial science issues, such as nuclear energy, climate change, vaccination, and water fluoridation, study's authors say

Study examines how parents can build interest of high schoolers in math, science

A new study suggests that over a third of new scientific reports are published in languages other than English, which can result in these findings being overlooked

Researchers used a crowdsourcing website to evaluate the narrative content of journal articles

In a review article in the journal EMBO Reports, researchers question how controversial and weak studies are publicized by the media and are often coupled with a narrative that is either false or with little scientific basis

A difficult funding environment is nothing new for laboratory professionals

Annual contest challenges scientists to explain complex science topics to 11-year-olds

When a picture is not worth 1,000 words