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.
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If we want to be reminded what real damage to a science system looks like, we only need to glance across the Atlantic.
What do US researchers make of all the Trump administration science-related policy changes? A survey of 280 academic scientists asked them.
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school.
As the US cuts science funding and international cooperation, Australia and other countries see a chance to capitalise on this American brain drain.
The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ceding that title.
Headed by the president’s science adviser, OSTP serves as a one-stop shop for everything science and innovation inside the White House.
Hopefully, Joe Biden’s presidency will mark the end of using cherry-picked science to suit a political agenda. As Trump’s successor, however, he’s placed in a difficult position.
The EPA intends to limit what scientific studies can inform policy – a change long sought by industry. A long-time public health researcher explains the single study at the root of the controversy.
On the eve of the March for Science, a marine biologist explains why she’s returning from abroad to speak out for science in the Trump era.
The March for Science on April 14 and Earth Day on April 22 are likely to generate big crowds demonstrating against Trump administration policies. Here are some issues they’ll be marching about.
An academic suing the EPA over its decision to bar certain scientists from serving on advisory boards says the EPA needs to address legitimate criticisms to rebuild after Pruitt.
Canada must take the lead as a global champion of science as America under President Donald Trump presses its assault on fact and knowledge.
Can federal agencies stack advisory panels with friendly members? Some have tried, but a scientist who has advised many administrations says they will produce bad policies that lack broad support.
A march for science has become a divisive topic among scientists.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experience with energy, but if confirmed as secretary of energy, he should get ready to learn a lot about DOE’s big jobs: nuclear security and basic science research.
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