NSF gave Duolingo their wings!

Every picture tells a story. Each portrait in the gallery of directors at the U.S. National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, is a chapter in the U.S.

Because breathing is generally involuntary, we sometimes forget how complicated it is.

When high school students think about producing hip-hop tracks, many of them also understand the importance of learning to code.

The geographic South Pole sits more than 800 miles from the nearest coastline of Antarctica.

However you celebrate Thanksgiving we hope that your table includes our favorite topic of conversation, NSF science. Science is on our plates, at our tables, and all around us on holidays.

Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, can develop after a person experiences a traumatic event, such as a death, a car accident or a sexual assault. According to the U.S.

Science experiments that could advance treatments for heart disease and osteoporosis, develop early warning systems for dangerous mudflows, and lead to more efficient power plants and improved food…

Big Data is the new oil — researchers and businesses have said it for years.

Think back to when you were a kid: Did you ever walk through a field, collect natural specimens and press your small eyes on a microscope to make observations and collect and analyze data?…

It's oozy. It's sticky. It's a child's favorite messy toy. It's slime!…