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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
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Are global warming skeptics anti-science? Or just ignorant about science?Maybe neither.
A study published Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that people who are not that worried about the effects of global warming tend to have a slightly higher level of scientific knowledge than those who are worried, as determined by their answers to questions like:"Electrons are smaller than atoms -- true or false?""How long does it take the Earth to go around the Sun? One day, one month, or one year?""Lasers work by focusing sound waves -- true or false?"The quiz, containing 22 questions about both science and statistics, was given to 1,540 representative Americans. Respondents who were relatively less worried about global warming got 57 percent of them right, on average, just barely outscoring those whose who saw global warming as a bigger threat. They got 56 percent of the questions correct."As respondents' science literacy scores increased, their concern with climate change decreas...The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after...
The pilot eased his five-ton helicopter toward the glacier's rumpled surface, aiming for the lightest of setdowns atop one of the fastest-flowing ice streams on Eart...
Lawmakers working on next year's federal finances have taken the ax to the James Webb Space Telescope . That's right, NASA's next-generation space telescope, the suc...
The ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee launched an inquiry Tuesday into reports that National Science Foundation officials are using government computers...
Scientific studies conducted in the public interest appear to have veered off course, according to a new report that documents government-sponsored research gems suc...
An expedition to see if some form of life ever existed on Mars and a journey to Jupiter's icy moon Europa to study its underground ocean should be NASA 's highest-pr...
Didn't get to act out CSI in your high-school science class? This weekend, you can do it in public instead.Those looking to fulfill their dreams of becoming David Ca...
One of the world's foremost experts on mine safety — from gold mines in Chile to the coal mines of southern West Virginia — stands accused by a NASA fraud investigat...
Researchers scratching in the sediment during the historic expansion of the Panama Canal say they have discovered the fossils of a small camel with a long snout that...
Satellite census shows larger number of iconic birds than scientists originally thought
Federal documents filed by a NASA fraud investigator indicate a former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Catholic college in West Virginia wh...
Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, grew sixfold last year inside the taxpayer-funded ...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the key Federal agency responsible for supporting the full breadth of non-biomedical science and technology research at the ...
A National Science Foundation investigation is the latest to clear a Penn State University climate scientist of misconduct related to leaked emails discussing global...
Super soldier Captain America may have had excellent vision back in the 40s, but modern soldiers may have the opportunity to outstrip the Avenger's sight with Predat...
Fox Business host John Stossel tells Alan why he believes we should not rely on the government to solve our problems.
Having a healthy home isn't necessarily about making every surface spotless. (Phew!) But a bit of strategic cleaning protects you from germs and toxins. In fact, con...
Oklahoma senator unveils report exposing $3B in waste at National Science Foundation
IBM on Monday dropped out of a project to build one of the world's fastest supercomputers at the University of Illinois, saying it requires too much financial and te...
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