Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

Rejecting devastating cuts to science funding proposed by the Trump administration, a congressional panel released three ...

Eric Isaacs has spent his career moving seamlessly between discovery and leadership, guided by the belief that science ...

The consequences could be severe. With paylines at most NIH Institutes well below 10 percent, every award not based on merit ...

Harvey Fineberg describes the present moment for science as both promising and unsettling. Yet, the paradox at the heart of ...

With the release of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, it is important to reaffirm the need for rigorous, transparent and evidence-based science in shaping public health and nutrition ...

American science is facing a looming collaboration crisis. Researchers around the world are deciding not to present at ...

Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?

2020 has been a historic year— and mostly not in a good way. Among many things, we saw a historic level of disregard of scientific advice with respect to the COVID-19 virus, a disregard that made the ...

Faced with deep cuts to research grants by the Trump administration, scientists would be well served to learn how to speak ...