GREAT BARRINGTON — Today, science is under great duress when it is more needed than ever: the specter of new pandemics requiring rapid response; bacteria increasingly developing resistance to ...

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Predatory journals and political interference threaten scientific independence, undermining research integrity and public trust. Industries, notably tobacco, manipulate science through misinformation ...

In a rebuff of the Trump administration’s proposal to drastically cut funding for federal science agencies, the Senate voted on Thursday to provide billions more to NOAA, NASA and the National Science ...

An illustration shows three scientists in lab coats kneeling, pushing up against a molecular model looming over them. The atom they are pushing on is red and is connected to an orange ball that ...

Deborah Fuller receives funding from the National Institutes Health. The personal views expressed here are those of the authors. Patrick Mitchell receives funding from the National Institutes of ...

CORRECTION: A transcription error misidentified author Dr. Peter Hotez in William Brangham's introduction. The transcript has been updated. We regret the error. From ...

Filomena Nunes receives funding from NSF to conduct physics research, none of which supports DEI initiatives. As soon as President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, 2025, he signed an executive ...

T he speed of retrenchment is breathtaking. In six short months, the Trump administration has pushed deep cuts to federal support for university research, revoked or suspended grants for studies it ...