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A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.
People gather in front of the Supreme Court building following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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The move reshapes how future assessments of chemical dangers will be carried out, and if they’ll be ignored, delayed or understated to benefit industry.
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, one of the top 50 donors of 2025, talks with his son Josh Blank.
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Wolves and coyotes feed on similar things – but their diets aren’t identical. A researcher studied predator diets to investigate their differences.
Uma abelha rainha (marcada em azul) rodeada pelas suas operárias: uma abelha rainha típica põe milhares de ovos por dia para manter a colmeia em funcionamento, mas infecções virais reduzem sua produtividade, levando as operárias a iniciar processo para sua substituição.
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Kui Xie, University of Missouri-Columbia and Florence Martin, North Carolina State University
More school systems are providing digital devices for students to use in the classroom, making it harder to justify students having personal cellphones in class.
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, takes a selfie with Energy Secretary Chris Wright, center, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in front of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.
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The 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health underpins many U.S. climate policies. A new report meant to challenge it may run afoul of several laws.
From detecting pollutants to assessing health risks, the US EPA’s Office of Research and Development has long ensured that environmental decisions are grounded in credible, cutting-edge science.
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order promoting coal production, with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, left, and the secretaries of Interior and Energy behind him.
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The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
Western North Carolina six months after Hurricane Helene is storm-scarred and still recovering.
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The Trump administration wants to abolish FEMA and hand disaster recovery over to states. But local officials are best positioned to help local people in a crisis.
The Trump administration has been cutting EPA science jobs and advisory board members.
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The relatively large rate cut signals that the Fed is shifting its focus from fighting inflation to supporting the labor market, an economist explains.
The exam room of a women’s health clinic, which provides abortions, in Jacksonville, Fla., is seen in April 2024.
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Most Americans surveyed did not know how pregnancies are dated or how long a trimester is – but this is especially true among some groups, like people who say they support six-week abortion bans.