At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

Can men get pregnant? Once, such a question would have been an insult to the intelligence of anyone above the age of 8.

Scientists have traditionally focused on educating the public on science or correcting misinformation. But researchers from marginalized communities often have broader goals in science communication.

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new insights into a fundamental cellular feature and the origins of tissue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Abbott Laboratories $21 billion deal to acquire cancer test maker Exact ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

The most common definition of “caliber,” as it pertains to guns, is about as straightforward as you could want it to be: Caliber simply mean the diameter of the hole in a rifle or pistol barrel. Yet ...

That’s why antiaging startups involve entrepreneurial notables like Jeff Bezos, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, and Google co-founder Larry Page. That’s why one estimate puts the complementary and ...

Life sciences commercial teams are drowning in data complexity. Despite having access to sophisticated analytics platforms, teams still spend days navigating multiple dashboards, waiting for insights, ...

Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.” Inside Manu Prakash are two ...