Scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers at the AAAS meeting shared fears and coping strategies.

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

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Just how much longer will American parents, their kids, business leaders and the political class tolerate the dreadful performance of our public schools? It’s arguably the greatest threat to our ...

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Can the president freeze funds already promised by Congress? NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Gillian Metzger, legal scholar at Columbia University, about President Trump testing the limits of his power.

We've been reporting on President Trump's many moves since he took office last month, and we are also reporting on those actions which test the limits of his authority. Last week, for example, his ...

It's a proof-of-concept for how more complex organisms, like food crops, could be synthesized by scientists. Scientists manipulated SynXVI to get yeast growing at elevated temperatures. (Goold et al., ...