National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

Nearly imperceptible fluctuations in movement correspond to autism diagnoses

News From the Field

Linking success in some fields to intellectual talent undermines women's interest in them

News From the Field

You’d have to be a genius: the problem with 'brilliance' and STEM participation

Discovery

NSF supports declaration of International Brain Initiative

Press Statement

A future with fewer forests

Discovery

NSF announces James Ulvestad as Chief Officer for Research Facilities

News Release

Failure to understand risks may lead to dangerous delay in seeking medical care

Discovery

Separated since the dinosaurs, bamboo-eating lemurs, pandas share common gut microbes

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Reading on electronic devices may interfere with science reading comprehension

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Lemur study highlights role of diet in shaping gut microbiome

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Kent State research group publishes analysis of primate brains in top science journal

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NSF's 10 Big Ideas

Special Report

Research shows a technique to offset the worry of waiting

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Chimp females who leave home postpone parenthood

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Researchers chart rising inequality across millennia

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NSF makes new awards to advance Science of Learning

News Release

Veterans helping veterans through research

Discovery

A giant, prehistoric otter's surprisingly powerful bite

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A neighborhood's quality influences children's behaviors through teens, study suggests

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Visual intelligence is not the same as IQ

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Bonobos help strangers without being asked

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Designing better warning systems for better disaster response

Impact

Eyewitness testimony that is reliable

Impact

Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago

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NSF, NIH and USDA make new awards to combat infectious diseases

News Release

NSF investments aim to address growing cybersecurity challenge

News Release

Humans don't use as much brainpower as we like to think

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Study: Junk food almost twice as distracting as healthy food

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Older Neandertal survived with a little help from his friends

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