https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Ariel Procaccia is the Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). His work combines mathematics, computer science, and AI to develop fairer, more representative methods of collective decision-making. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ai-democracy-decision-qa-professor.html Political science Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:28:26 EST news685096082 Fairness may be a key component of human civilization, allowing us to share valuable resources, but does it develop the same way, and at the same pace, across all human cultures? https://phys.org/news/2015-11-focus-fairness-children-react-inequity.html Social Sciences Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:00:10 EST news367068867 Remember the science fair? For some of us it was an exciting time of creative experimentation. For others it was a time of botched and badly displayed data. For 16-year-old Maria Elena Grimmett, it's a blast. And she isn't peddling baking soda and vinegar volcanoes. https://phys.org/news/2015-07-drugsin.html Environment Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:47:40 EDT news357468452 The small Lego machine inside the White House whirred, and in a moment it was turning the pages of a story book. One page flipped, then another, ever faster as President Barack Obama marveled at its efficiency. https://phys.org/news/2015-03-obama-240m-pledges-stem.html Social Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:35:58 EDT news346310774 Zack Jud, a PhD graduate of Florida International University and current marine biologist, has caused a small ruckus in the marine biology community by posting comments on his Facebook Page, suggesting that the work done by thirteen year old Lauren Arrington was actually based on work he'd already done. Arrington, a sixth grade student in Jupiter Florida, and daughter of a professional biologist gained Internet notoriety this past week after news of experiments she conducted on lionfish went viral. Her experiments, which were used as a project in a science fair, demonstrated that lionfish can live in less saline water than had been previously thought. Jud contends that Arrington's experiments were based on his work, and that he should be getting the credit for the results. https://phys.org/news/2014-07-marine-biologist-lionfish-sixth-grader.html Ecology Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:30:03 EDT news325401907 NASA and Khan Academy, a non-profit educational website, today debuted a series of online tutorials designed to increase student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. The announcement of the new collaborative effort was made today at the 6th annual White House Science Fair. https://phys.org/news/2014-05-nasa-khan-academy-collaborate-stem.html Social Sciences Thu, 29 May 2014 08:40:02 EDT news320567787 (Phys.org) —A study done by philosophers Patrick Forber of Tufts University and Rory Smead of Northwestern University, suggests fairness in societies evolves out of a fear of spite from others, rather than due to an increase in altruism. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the two describe a mathematical/computer model they built based on a well-known game developed to study economics called The Ultimate Game and how it showed that spite, not altruism appears to drive fairness. https://phys.org/news/2014-02-people-due-spite-altruism.html Social Sciences Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:40:02 EST news311417319 President Barack Obama has high praise for science projects from some high-achieving students, telling them, "this stuff is really cool." https://phys.org/news/2013-04-rockets-robots-obama-hosts-science.html Other Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:50:01 EDT news285870443 Google on Wednesday launched a global science fair by inviting students around the world to present ideas that could change the world and perhaps become the next Ada Lovelace. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-google-global-science-fair.html Internet Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:53:12 EST news278779981 A sense of fairness is an important part of human behaviour, yet a research team involving Queen Mary, University of London (UK) found it did not evolve from our closest living relatives. https://phys.org/news/2012-08-food-chimps.html Plants & Animals Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:57:54 EDT news264247033 A video produced for Google Science Fair shows how researchers at Cambridge making synthetic bone have turned to legendary children’s toy Lego for a helping hand. https://phys.org/news/2012-03-bones-lego.html Engineering Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:35:28 EDT news252142516 (AP) -- President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for millions of dollars in new funding to improve math and science education, an effort he said would be crucial to the nation's long-term success. https://phys.org/news/2012-02-obama-math-science-teacher-prep.html Social Sciences Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:01:59 EST news247842098 Three US girls won the top prizes in a global science fair launched by Google for their projects on ovarian cancer, grilled chicken and indoor air quality, the Internet giant announced Tuesday. https://phys.org/news/2011-07-girls-google-kids-science-fair.html Other Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:01:29 EDT news229698056 Google on Tuesday launched its first ever global science fair for young people aged 13 to 18, with the grand prize being a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a 50,000-dollar scholarship. https://phys.org/news/2011-01-google-global-kids-science-fair.html Internet Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:03:14 EST news213969477 (PhysOrg.com) -- Gamers caught a very early glimpse of the future of serious games aimed at the health sector during the PlayMancer project’s demos at the latest Vienna Science Fair. https://phys.org/news/2009-03-games-health-problems.html Computer Sciences Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:26:58 EST news155568373