Politics

What makes reality shows so popular also helps explain why Donald Trump is so popular

President Trump has placed an indefinite suspension on research grant reviews and travel at the National Institutes of Health and appears to have erased diversity programming pages at the agency’s website

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards

There are 50 to 100 expected executive orders on Trump’s first day in office. Many will focus on boosting fossil fuels and reversing climate policy

In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful “oligarchy” could undo four years of progress on climate policy

Supreme Court arguments over trans health care makes plain how badly we need personalized health care in all of medicine

Two open letters from scientists and science advocacy groups reflect a growing anxiety about the future of federal science under President-elect Trump

TikTok is on the clock: ByteDance, the app’s China-based owner, must sell it by January 19 or face a ban

President-elect Trump has incorrectly blamed California water management for the destruction from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026

A government efficiency panel threatens U.S. government competence and constitutional underpinnings, warn two administrative science experts

“Propaganda works” is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering postpandemic distrust of science