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U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

December 18, 2025

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives

Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago; Rachael Sirianni, UMass Chan Medical School, and Stephanie J. Nawyn, Michigan State University

US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.

The Pacific Northwest heat wave of 2021 left cities across Washington state sweltering in dangerous temperatures. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

July 9, 2025

My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants

Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University

The administration said the grants were ‘no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.’ Spokane, which has faced deadly heat waves in eastern Washington, shows who is at risk.

Volunteers pick up water to deliver to homeless people during a 2021 heat wave. AP Photo/Nathan Howard

June 20, 2023

Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave

Jason Vogel, University of Washington and Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University

A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.

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