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We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

For years, the National Science Foundation has been sending professional creatives to the icy south in an attempt to promote understanding of the least-explored land on Earth. Is it working?

Hey member of Congress: Honk if you like basic science research!

There's nothing wrong with requiring accountability from government-sponsored science. But when policymakers' questions misjudge the role that science plays, we have a problem.

Congress just cut funding for political science because they don't understand the good it does. Here are four excellent examples.