The Nobel Prizes will soon be announced. How do the winners get so damn smart?

Congress keeps federal agency budgets at current levels until March

See a snapshot of squid suckers and other top images from the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.See a snapshot of squid suckers and other top images from the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Star-studded roster embraces his science and innovation platform

Nature questions Barack, Big surprise that McCain declined... At least they provide his previous opinions on the topic

Small biotechnology companies with cash but failed or floundering products are in hot demand as partners for companies that are unable to raise money in the capital markets.

Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.

Next year's federal budget may not contain a penny more for research and education if Republican Senator John McCain (AZ) is elected U.S. president and has his way with Congress.

For a different perspective on the 2008 indicators from the US National Science Foundation, take a look at Nature's cartograms.

Witnesses and scientists say there may be evidence of life from outer space.

Both presidential candidates have issued positions on science policy, including climate change and stem cells.

Lawmakers side with some journals in opposing posting of agency-funded studies in free archive

The University Small Business Patent Procedures Act is under increasing scrutiny by swelling ranks of critics, who charge that it has distorted the fundamental mission of universities.

Not quite—but some people pretend it is.

Obama reveals his science policy to coalition of scientists and engineers.