Robots are learning to do the jobs of human factory workers, bus drivers, burger flippers, butlers, and healthcare workers, among many others – and now, they may be coming for scientists as well.

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) supported 58,800 science fund projects last year, allocating a total ...

With four robots and a live link to the International Space Station (ISS), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen was unusually busy on the "terrestrial Mars". On 24 July 2025, the ...

Science of Science Funding is an NBER initiative, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which seeks to improve understanding of effective methods of supporting scientific research. Its goal is ...