Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke to this 2024 winner of an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in ...

Science has given us vaccines, life-saving medical treatments, technological advances, and a deeper understanding of human behavior. And yet, despite these undeniable contributions, public distrust of ...

Cutting funding to the government agencies, like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), does more than take away career paths for our upcoming generations; ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. In April, I reported on the fight for Antarctica and the ...

How rich a tissue is in hyaluronic acid and how well it can sense oxygen may affect its ability to regrow and heal, a pair of ...

Science denial became deadly in 2020. Many political leaders failed to support what scientists knew to be effective prevention measures. Over the course of the pandemic, people died from COVID-19 ...