For high school students interested in science, engineering or research, national competitions can be excellent opportunities to gain valuable experience and recognition beyond the classroom. Some ...

Packalen is an associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo. This essay is part of a First Opinion series on the future of the National Institutes of Health and American science.

On Feb. 15, the Dartmouth Undergraduate Science Olympiad, which was founded last fall, hosted more than 200 New England high school students in the Life Sciences Center for its first Science Olympiad.

I hope my 4-year-old daughter has the science genes and motivation to follow in the footsteps of this group of girls, who recently swept the prestigious Siemens high school science competition. This ...

Gunnar Hartmann recently won the 2026 Scientists at Work photo contest and hopes the award marks the start of a professional ...