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The Trump administration has proposed federal funding cuts to a little corner of research called social, behavioral and economic science.

Armed with a Ph.D from Columbia University, Ousmane Ndiaye wants to tell farmers when the rain will (and won't) fall. But he's the first to say he's not always right.

At the next Omaha Science Café, Dr. Alena Balasanova will talk about opioids and addiction. Balasanova is the Director of Addictions Education at the…

There were robots everywhere at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington this past weekend. Robots shot baskets. There was a wheeled R2-D2 robot at the CIA's booth. And then there were surgical robots that let future doctors — and patients — try their hand at tasks requiring pinpoint accuracy.

Solange Lusiku Nsimire, an editor who has been subjected to death threats and whose family has been attacked, has won a courage award for her journalism in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mario Livio's new book profiles five brilliant scientists and thinkers who, despite their seminal contributions to our understanding of the world, were also wrong about some big questions. Commentator Adam Frank says Livio's engaging work highlights how the collective process that is science always gets it right in the end.

A highway bridge carrying I-35 West traffic over the Mississippi River collapsed during rush hour on Wednesday night. Guests discuss the current status of the recovery efforts in Minneapolis and the health of the United States' infrastructure.

A young scientist decided that one way to get girls into science would be by painting neurons and parasitic worms on her nails.

Melting of the polar ice caps, hotter temperatures and extreme weather are just a few of the issues commonly associated with climate change.Tim Rinne,…

David Legates, a professor whose research has been supported by fossil fuel companies, has been hired for a top position at the federal agency that oversees weather and climate forecasting.