
Proposed White House regulations could kill 5,000 clinical trials, analysis finds
The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants

Proposed White House regulations could kill 5,000 clinical trials, analysis finds
The Trump administration is mulling new rules that would give political appointees final say on research grants

Rochelle Walensky
The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention talks about threats to U.S. science and ways they can be stopped


Ted Budd
The North Carolina senator shares why the U.S. needs to remain globally competitive in science and technology

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

Gavin Newsom
The governor of California, where science and technology are large parts of the economy, on finding the balance in innovation between taking risks and being reckless

Tungsten crunch rekindles U.S. mining ambitions
Tungsten is a coveted metal for military uses. Restoring domestic supply could help with ongoing munitions shortages

Obstetricians oppose CDC to recommend more shots for moms
In a first, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its own vaccine schedule

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to keep U.S. coal plants running
Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires
The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

National Academies experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge
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

AI’s Power Needs Will Destroy the Renewable Energy Revolution
After decades of fighting for renewable energy, solar power is finally achieving economic dominance. But AI data centers threaten to consume those energy gains