Science Matters

A black hole in our backyard Because it's located at the center of the Milky Way, understanding how Sgr A* functions is fundamental to the larger goal of understanding how our galaxy formed and…

West of Boston is Worcester Polytechnic Institute, WPI — where the school song has 13 math expressions.

A stereotype of the digital age revolution is one of lone inventors tinkering away in their garage designing the first personal computer or launching a fledgling dot com retail site.

There are infinite pathways into STEM.

In 2021, researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research , or NCAR, began test-piloting the Hurricane Risk Calculator web app.

Charles Dudley Warner quoted an American writer — possibly his friend, Mark Twain — in an 1897 editorial.

Biodiversity is declining faster than at any previous point in human history.

In fall 2021, the National Science Board and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, or NCSES, made an important change to how they describe and quantify the STEM workforce.

In 2018, accountant and astronomy buff Jorg Schumann was sifting through publicly available astral images of the cosmos and noticed an unusual pair of fast-moving objects.

Some of our team members took the opportunity to have a little fun with some of the animals that are the focus of NSF-supported research.