Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime consensus on cell phones quietly ...

Among Americans, trust in science increased slightly between 2024 and 2025, according to a new Pew Research poll.

After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the ...

Artificial intelligence promises to accelerate scientific discovery and open new frontiers of inquiry. But new research from ...

Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because who gets to speak for science steers which problems ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

Democrats continue to be more likely than Republicans to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society.

Cancer survival rates climbed significantly in recent decades. But federal funding cuts could threaten that progress, ...

Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal ...

“Can you imagine eating toxic waste for breakfast?” Science magazine asked in a 2010 press release touting a newly discovered microbe controversially claimed to “live and grow entirely off arsenic.” ...