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When presidential administrations turn over, funding levels and project priorities change. A look at one specific government office demonstrates how these shifts in direction waste time and money.

Declining interest in the teacher profession and recent Trump administration budget cuts pose challenges to developing a diverse educator workforce.

When historians and engineers work together, they can bring a version of the past back to life.

Vera C. Rubin's research into stars in galaxies led to the modern understanding of dark matter.

Giving to nonprofits engaged in education, health, arts, culture and humanities, the environment, and animals reached all-time highs.

Against the backdrop of US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, a scholar of presidential powers examines the history and current use of the laws around US military action.

The Trump administration is pulling back billions of dollars in industrial development money for carbon capture and storage projects. That may force industries to actually cut emissions instead.

The same tools that companies use to sell products can be used to encourage people to get vaccinated, get a colonoscopy or get treated for an infection.

When most Americans imagine a home, they picture a wood-framed house. But in an era of high housing costs and extreme weather events, precast concrete offers a mix of durability and efficiency.

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere and telescope to reach its sensor.