Scientists have discovered a new species of proto-amphibian that lived 270 million years ago. They have named it the Kermitops gratus, after "The Muppet Show" character Kermit the Frog. The new ...

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Scientists, the original nerd, occasionally like to remind us of that fact by influencing the real world with a geeky reference, this time with a spider named after a flying beastie from Monster ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Curriculum developers have made more of an effort in recent years to broaden their depictions of scientists, hoping to more accurately represent the scientific workforce. But does ...

Michael Mann is a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania. He's suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation. (Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images for ...

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he ...

Manuela Campanelli, Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics, the John Vouros Endowed Professor, and founding director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, has been named one of ...