The president's science adviser has executive privilege and is also responsible to Congress. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Presidents need science advice. From climate change and ...

To kick off the Computer Science House 40th anniversary weekend, alumni and current students will unite for a game of Capture the Disk—a modified version of capture the flag that substitutes old ...

Members of a House of Representatives committee hammered the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday at a hearing titled “Making EPA Great Again,” accusing it of basing its regulations on biased, ...

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Science Committee, said she opposed the commercial space bill but was willing to work with Republicans to modify it. Credit: House Science ...

Aside from the sheer biological ludicrousness of Todd Akin's ideas on female physiology, one unsettling subplot to the debacle is his presence on the House of Committee on Science, Space and ...

When RIT’s Computer Science House put out a call for hardware donations last year, Fred Oettinger—an alumnus and staff engineer at Wayfair—got an idea. He knew that Wayfair had just what they needed.

Given the many unfortunate lines the White House has peddled on the coronavirus crisis, it didn't come as too big of a surprise when this one landed with a thud yesterday afternoon. That said, as is ...

The White House opened its doors to the next generation of scientists and technological innovators on Tuesday when the Obama administration hosted its sixth annual science fair. President Barack Obama ...

Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall was chair for two years before Lamar Smith (R-Texas) took over in 2013. Hall was like a warm-up for Smith’s reign, telling the National Journal in 2011,“I don’t think we ...

A new star could be born at the White House Science Fair on Tuesday, where, since 2010, young inventors have gone from being "A" students to full-on professional scientists and engineers. This year, ...