Society & Policy

SpaceX’s IPO—the largest in history—has out-of-this-world implications for AI, space commerce and extraterrestrial exploration

In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule

A mere 12 percent of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations “a great deal”

The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn

Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

It's not clear why the National Science Foundation may be limiting funding to certain U.S. universities

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

The nation’s top court extended a stay on a lower court order banning telemedicine access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions—but the order sets up a longer legal fight

Researchers who study political violence say that the U.S. is in a period of more intense political rhetoric, but there have been far darker periods in the nation’s history

In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the National Science Foundation’s board as “an alarming attack” on U.S. science

Researchers say that President Donald Trump’s resurrection of widely maligned fitness testing in schools is “half-baked” and unlikely to move the needle on youth physical activity alone