Politics

Proposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and other species

If the EPA abdicates its responsibility to address climate change, it will harm health and the planet in exchange for pandering to fossil fuel interests

Spurred by competition from China and Russia, the Trump administration is pushing for nuclear power on the moon by 2030

NASA needs clear support from the White House if we want to win the new space race

Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten to silence this groundbreaking science

Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in which the agencies are headed

A declaration of dissent from past and present NASA employees warns that science and safety are at risk and joins similar documents from staff at other federal science agencies

Acknowledging the limits of one’s own knowledge could be as important a signal of expertise as credentials and confidence

Household energy expenses will rise, as will greenhouse gas emissions, as a result of the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Social inequality and the decay of democratic institutions are linked to accelerated aging, but education seems to slow the process

The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, eliminating research that might help advance AI weather models

Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters