Communicating information in the sciences, especially in a way that's fun and entertaining, is both a honed skill and a natural talent. These 40 people have managed to perfect that voice and now serve ...

A flashy jewel bug butt. Ian Jacobs via Flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0 Over 90 percent of all animal species are invertebrates, including jellyfish, clams, worms, squids, and insects. As an ode to the ...

Twitter provides an important platform for science communicators, but many in the scientific community have expressed misgivings about remaining on the platform. When you purchase through links on our ...

COVID-19 has thrown science and scientists into the spotlight. Some have accepted the challenge, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers and using the ongoing pandemic as a “teachable moment.” As ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. If you can't decide what you love more–science, technology or ...

It’s been a heck of a year, and for anyone who uses Twitter regularly, it’s all played out in a never-ending stream of nightmares, summed up in 180 (or sometimes 280) characters or less. The Trump ...

Question: What does slime mold have in common with hip-hop superstar MC Hammer? Answer: University of California, Berkeley, biologist Michael Eisen is a big fan of both. Which is why Eisen thought it ...