Health & Science
- Science Policy
147 articles
Sort
Page 1 of 7
per page
Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
Dan Garisto, Nature.com
US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.
May 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science
Katia Riddle, NPR
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.
May 21, 2026, 10:00 AM
National Academy of Sciences experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science
May 11, 2026, 9:30 AM
Trump’s pick for science director: a Silicon Valley investor with no science background
Garrett Owen, Salon
Jim O'Neill, a longevity enthusiast and vaccine skeptic, is Trump's pick to head the National Science Foundation
May 7, 2026, 5:44 PM
Trump Does An RFK Jr.: Fires Entire 22 Member Board Of The National Science Foundation
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
The Trump administration’s war on science has been a furious one. Be it deep cuts to scientific research, policies that ignore scientific research, or the appointment of deeply unscientific people to lead scientific cabinet positions, it seems that Trump thin…
May 5, 2026, 2:58 AM
Trump’s latest science purge could bring major risks, experts say
Garrett Owen, Salon
The abrupt firing of the board comes at a time of climate crisis and international competition
May 2, 2026, 1:00 PM
Days before warning report, all 22 National Science Board members fired in two-sentence email
Jason Weisberger, Boing Boing
Just days before it was set to warn that the United States is losing ground to China in science and technology, every member of the National Science Board was abruptly fired via a two-sentence email from the Trump administration. The administration has provi…
Apr 29, 2026, 5:34 PM
Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
Scott Neuman, NPR
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants.
Apr 28, 2026, 10:32 PM
NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again
Adam Kovac, Scientific American
The NASA administrator’s latest remarks in support of reexamining Pluto’s status come 20 years after the orb was downgraded to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union
Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 PM
The Download: introducing the Nature issue
Thomas Macaulay, MIT Technology Review
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of t…
Apr 23, 2026, 12:10 PM
Keeping the ‘fairy tale’ of the Marine Biological Laboratory alive
Marissa Russo, Nature.com
Cell biologist Mark Terasaki will give US$25 million of his own money to preserve the legacy of a pioneering scientific institute in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Apr 22, 2026, 12:00 AM
NASA Breaks Silence on Deaths and Disappearances of Scientists With Ties to Space Tech
Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com
Eleven missing or dead scientists are now at the center of a federal investigation, and three had direct ties to NASA.
Apr 21, 2026, 4:10 PM
Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?
Boyce Upholt, MIT Technology Review
If you want to capture something wolflike, it’s best to embark before dawn. So on a morning this January, with the eastern horizon still pink-hued, I drove with two young scientists into a blanket of fog. Forty miles to the west, the industrial sprawl of Hous…
Apr 20, 2026, 10:00 AM
US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices
Max Kozlov, Nature.com
A congressional hearing covered the rise of paper mills and the costs of open-access publishing — but there was little agreement on what reform would entail.
Apr 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Max Kozlov, Dan Garisto, Edward Chen, Nature.com
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 AM
China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years
Ben Deighton, Nature.com
Forecast by science-policy researchers raises questions about where the epicentre of global research will shift to in the coming decade.
Mar 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
China pledges billion-dollar spending boost for science
Xiaoying You, Nature.com
Funding for national laboratories and important research projects would increase under the government’s plans.
Mar 11, 2026, 12:00 AM
Stand Up for Science protests spread to more than 50 cities
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C., criticized the politicization of science and cuts to research that serves the public
Mar 9, 2026, 6:00 PM
The one science reform we can all agree on, but we're too cowardly to do
Adam Mastroianni, Experimental-history.com
OR: the long overdue forest fire
Mar 4, 2026, 2:53 PM
President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
Katia Riddle, NPR
Despite President Trump's efforts to deeply cut science funding from the federal budget in 2026, Congress quietly restored much of the funding to previous levels in recent weeks.
Mar 3, 2026, 10:14 PM
White House stalls release of approved US science budgets
Max Kozlov, Alexandra Witze, Dan Garisto, Nature.com
The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.
Feb 27, 2026, 12:00 AM
Leading US Research Lab Appears to Be Squeezing Out Foreign Scientists
Paresh Dave, Wired
House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes they say could undermine its mission.
Feb 20, 2026, 10:00 AM
Trump's Genesis Mission gets its first set of 26 sure-to-succeed objectives
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
DoE bets AI can speed fusion, unlock decades of nuclear data, and probe fundamental physics The Trump administration has outlined the first 26 goals for its project to inject AI into the government's scientific research, and everything from securing critical …
Feb 13, 2026, 6:18 PM
Could lab monkeys soon become a thing of the past?
Marina Bolotnikova, Vox
The Trump administration’s scientific agenda has been widely characterized — rightly so — as a war on scientific progress. But, hear me out here: There is more to the story. This administration’s science policy is being shaped not solely by anti-science ideo…
Feb 13, 2026, 12:45 PM