Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...

As your News Feature notes, effective science communication is needed in the face of funding cuts (see Nature 645, 298–300; 2025). Yet art–science collaborations — a great way to communicate the value ...

For a design firm—or any business, really—success hinges on countless factors, from smart hiring to solid business management. Unfortunately there’s no easily replicable blueprint that guarantees ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, speaks in front of the Unisphere alongside his transition team, from left, Elana Leopold, Melanie Hartzog, Maria Torres-Springer, Grace Bonilla, and ...

Micro influencers are popping up all over Boston, sharing details of their days, favorite restaurants and workout routines to their online followers. Micro influencers are content creators who have ...

Over a decade after introducing students to the fundamentals of computer science through its Hour of Code campaign, education nonprofit Code.org is broadening its reach with a new program that bridges ...

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...

US microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a letter of intent for the proposed sale of its ODIN low-pressure coolant microreactor design and all associated intellectual property to ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester are calling for the creation of a global network of air monitoring stations to track the movement of airborne plastic pollution, which may be traveling ...

Microplastics are tiny, plastic fragments — many too small to see — found in the air, soil and water. Measuring their abundance in nature can direct cleanup resources, but current detection methods ...

Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance mental ability and function, or "smart drugs." However, within hours of consuming ...

In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into ...