Stories by Dan Vergano

The effort to pull some 900 ocean-monitoring buoys and sensors from the water drew backlash from scientists and lawmakers

The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants

The federal funding system for scientific research in the U.S. is crumbling. Here’s how it can be rebuilt

Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn

The congressional representative and physicist talks about the search for scientific truth and the role of immigrants in the U.S. scientific enterprise

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

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

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

At an event at NASA Headquarters, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor

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

Roughly seven in 10 people still trust vaccine researchers, a new poll finds. The number is in line with trust for other scientists

Ahead of schedule and under budget, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in early September. The mission aims to map the universe in unprecedented detail

The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to replace NIH director Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief. Bhattacharya has been leading the CDC on an acting basis since February, after the public health agency’s director was fired in 2025

The HHS secretary defended proposed budget cuts to science, his vaccine moves and health care costs on Capitol Hill on Thursday

In 2027’s Artemis III mission, the space agency aims to test two challengers, SpaceX and Blue Origin, for a lunar landing mission

An elegant mix of math and gravity powers the Artemis II “free return” trajectory from Earth to the moon and back

NASA chief Jared Isaacman announced a $30-billion plan to speed up its lunar landings and establish a U.S. moon base by 2036

From emergency oil reserves to nuclear scrutiny, bigger hail, and research on a connection between the aging gut and the brain

How Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s ideas about public health—from vaccines to seed oils—are shaping Americans’ health

Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so

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

When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health agencies, according to a new poll