Although still a young field, research in "decision neuroscience" has exploded in the last decade, with scientists beginning to decipher what exactly is happening in our brains when we are making choices, whether big or small.

A recent Kavli Futures Symposium focused on the progress, and promise, of evolving biological functions in the lab.

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the White House today, President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office with the seven U.S.

Among the latest winners of the Kavli Prize are three scientists who have received NSF funding over the past several years.

What can scientists hope to learn in the coming decade about the most basic questions about the cosmos and our place in it – from extraterrestrial life to the evolution of the Universe – while keeping to an earthbound budget?