Science and the Trump Presidency

An analysis reveals that the percentage of new mothers who use family leave has remained flat since 1994

From stem-cell law to national monuments, the president-elect has myriad opportunities to transform the research landscape 

The 45th president may still name a different permanent director

Trump’s appointment to oversee America’s parks and federal lands has pledged to protect them and public access while undoing federal regulation

If the new president delays climate action as promised, the world is far more likely to miss its Paris agreement goals

Scientific American executive editor Fred Guterl talks with Pres. Obama’s science advisor, John Holdren, about climate science, space travel, the issue of reproducibility in science, the brain initiative and more.

Trump's nominee for Energy secretary says that he will base decisions on "sound science"

Committee mentioned in a Trump meeting last week could scare people away from protective immunizations, scientists say

Behavioral research suggests the answer is probably no

Trump's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency tells Senate he would honor the intent of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard

Pruitt tells Senate he would seek to ensure environmental protections are effective without hurting development

The president-elect has taken what is widely seen as a hostile stance toward the scientific community. Here’s why

The nation’s public health agency is battling on several fronts, including an Obamacare repeal

Rep. Tom Price can expect some tough questions from his Senate interrogators

 Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State falls back on subjective language to skirt science

The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for cutting tomorrow’s climate risks—and some of Trump’s advisers say the price should be zero 

But Rex Tillerson, Trump’s nominee, tells senators that efforts to predict climate change are ‘very limited’

The agency's current director has said he would be willing to stay

Revised scientific-integrity policy gives researchers more leeway to speak to the press and publish their findings

Like the president-elect, Robert Kennedy, Jr., has pushed arguments of a link to autism 

As Trump’s “landing team” touches down at NASA, science community members mull ways to interact with politics

In some areas the next administration's approach may be more of the same

The new Republican-controlled federal government could use “preemption” to restrict state and local environmental protections

"It never occurred to me that he was the oldest president"