Policy

The U.S. Department of Defense suddenly pretending that climate change isn’t real is penny-wise and pound-foolish

The U.S. is skipping a meeting for the next IPCC report, a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change, raising concerns about delays

OSHA webpages removed for containing the word “diversity” had no relation to gender or racial diversity

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come

Asteroid 2024 YR4’s risk of hitting Earth is shifting with new data, astronomers say

After firing 200 first-year employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a list" of anyone who worked on climate or equity

Space scientists within NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the Trump administration’s changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion in science

Proposed U.S. space defenses against hypersonic nuclear missiles are unnecessary, impractical and would trigger a dangerous new arms race

America's status as a global science leader is in doubt as the administration freezes funding and targets research that references climate or diversity

The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has expressed support for some fields of science but has also declared he’d like a “break” in infectious-disease research. Here’s what he might do as the U.S.’s newly confirmed secretary of health and human services

President Trump ordered EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to decide by next week whether the agency could abandon its authority to regulate climate pollution under the Clean Air Act