The AAAS Science and Technology Policy Forum will be celebrating the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program’s 50th Anniversary this year. In capturing the spirit of a program that has been an observer and ...

The U.S. has officially lost the first-place ranking across all metrics. This means that in terms of dollars, people, papers, and patents, China is now the dominant global power in R&D. This report ...

Americans deserve a government that funds the best ideas and the strongest science. For a century, American science has yielded unexpected breakthroughs and formed the basis of trillion-dollar ...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has announced the 2026 winners of eight awards that recognize scientists, engineers, innovators and public servants for their contributions to ...

The 2025 AAAS Making & Innovation Showcase drew more than 100 participants from 19 teams representing 14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, but just a few of the innovations presented were ...

Myths and legends about the full moon abound throughout history, including haunting tales about its ability to cause sleepwalking or trigger transformation into a werewolf. While these phenomena may ...

As cuts to federal R&D are proposed by the new administration alongside calls for the U.S. to remain an R&D superpower on the global stage, 1 there have been suggestions that other science and ...

Greater computing power, more information consumption, and the rise of generative artificial intelligence means that the U.S. is facing a rapid increase in data generation. To meet those demands, data ...

This year, the inaugural STPF fellow sponsored by the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy has a place in Congress. Working with Representative Bill Foster – one of the few scientists on the Hill – ...

Spinal cord injuries can cut off communication between the brain and neurons that control leg movements, causing paralysis. Despite decades of research, there are very few therapies that can restore ...

* Includes Dept. of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration, FBI, and DHS CISA. All figures rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures. Data on R&D in the ...

Scientists who publish their research in journals are typically eager for their work to be shared widely, and for that work to be reused to advance knowledge in their field or beyond. As part of this ...