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‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences
Alexandra Witze, Nature.com
Scientific meetings that support Black, Latino and Indigenous researchers are grappling with funding cuts and other restrictions.
Nov 25, 2025, 12:00 AM
Psychedelics and immortality: Nature went to a health summit starring RFK and JD Vance
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
The Make America Healthy Again summit, attended by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and vice-president JD Vance, gave a sense of what’s driving US health policy.
Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 AM
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
Michael E. Mann, Nature.com
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
Nov 18, 2025, 12:00 AM
Who will fill the climate-data void left by the Trump administration?
Brittany Janis, Cathy Richards, Nature.com
US withdrawal from monitoring projects has sent the world scrambling for alternatives.
Nov 14, 2025, 12:00 AM
The US government shutdown is over: what’s next for scientists
Jeff Tollefson, Alexandra Witze, Dan Garisto, Nature.com
Government researchers are heading back to work, but questions about the size of research-budget cuts will extend into next year.
Nov 13, 2025, 12:00 AM
China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent
Xiaoying You, Nature.com
The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and new materials.
Nov 11, 2025, 12:00 AM
Vaccine advice: how a US centre is filling growing gaps in public-health information
Mariana Lenharo, Nature.com
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm talks about efforts by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy to inform vaccine recommendations and maintain public-health awareness during the Trump administration.
Nov 10, 2025, 12:00 AM
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Chris Simms, Nature.com
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
Nov 7, 2025, 12:00 AM
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
Virginia Gewin, Nature.com
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
Nov 3, 2025, 12:00 AM
Policed and censored: professors in the southern US feel under siege
Laurie Udesky, Nature.com
Politics trumps salary as the main reason academics are looking for jobs in other states, a survey of university educators shows.
Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Michael Marshall, Nature.com
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature.com
In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM
The TrumpRx website won’t slash drug prices — but this will
Beth Woods, Nature.com
Tighter price regulation would deliver fewer new drugs but improve global health.
Oct 21, 2025, 12:00 AM
The US and Europe have cut billions in health aid — can anyone fill the gap?
Fred Schwaller, Nature.com
It's time to radically reimagine global health, leaders tell World Health Summit in Berlin.
Oct 16, 2025, 12:00 AM
Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll
Jenna Ahart, Dan Garisto, Max Kozlov, Heidi Ledford, Jeff Tollefson, Traci Watson, Alexandra Witze, Nature.com
Hundreds of people at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have received layoff notices, and work at many federal laboratories has been suspended.
Oct 15, 2025, 12:00 AM
Rebuilding Gaza: don't sideline Palestinian scientists, say experts
Michele Catanzaro, Nature.com
Researchers warn against ‘top down’ solutions as US President Donald Trump brokers first phase of peace deal.
Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 AM
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
Jenna Ahart, Nature.com
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
Oct 9, 2025, 12:00 AM
The cutting-edge medical approaches that could transform ageing
Coleen T. Murphy, Nature.com
An optimistic take on the state of the longevity field provides hope for treating a range of ageing-related diseases — but feels at odds with the current shape of US research.
Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 AM
Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way
Nature.com
Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.
Oct 3, 2025, 12:00 AM
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Amanda Heidt, Nature.com
Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Exclusive: ex-CDC director talks about why she was fired
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
“I would never do that, as a scientist,” Susan Monarez says of being asked to approve changes to vaccine recommendations without knowing the details.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
This US government shutdown is different: what it means for science
Dan Garisto, Nature.com
President Trump’s budget office lays out guidelines for mass lay-offs across the federal government.
Oct 1, 2025, 12:00 AM
China’s research hospitals push for prominence
Brian Owens, Nature.com
The country’s output in quality health research is going from strength to strength, but can it overcome questions about the integrity of its publishing practices?
Oct 1, 2025, 12:00 AM
NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disperse all of the reseach funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.
Sep 29, 2025, 12:00 AM