Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial crises and global conflicts, funding for U.S. research and innovation has remained ...

Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy and ...

Science isn’t just for classrooms and textbooks—it’s an adventure waiting to happen, and some of the best places to start that journey are science museums across America. Imagine standing beneath a ...

Hundreds of people stand outside along the tidal basin in Washington, DC, with many people holding protest signs, including one that says “Fund Don’t Freeze.” Protesters gather on the National Mall in ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

We keep hearing that these are unprecedented times for science: scientific skeptics running federal agencies, growing mistrust of vaccines, and messaging from the highest levels of government that ...

Two women, one holding papers, stand next to each other and look downward, with other people in the background. Chair Susan Collins (R-ME, right) and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) prepare for the ...

Described as a “historic national effort” to “invest in AI-enabled science to accelerate scientific advancement,” Trump claimed his mission would address key challenges to American energy dominance, ...

Ben Deighton is a freelance writer in London and president of the World Federation of Science Journalists. In June 2025, a year-long investigation exposed an illegal trade smuggling timber from ...

FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are sounding the alarm over what they say is a growing threat from China-linked "paper mills" that may be injecting fake scientific research into U.S. government-funded ...

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On Friday, a body that advises US judges revised the document it created to help judges grapple with scientific issues. The move came after a group of Republican state attorneys general wrote a letter ...