SOCORRO, NM - 1999: These 27 moveable antennas, known as the Very Large Array, take in radio signals, some extremely faint, from throughout the cosmos, 1999 near Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA is a ...

For decades, federal science funding has enjoyed bipartisan support. We urge readers to contact their elected representatives ...

Trump’s tariffs and deportations continue to command the lion’s share of headlines, but his perverse campaign against American science continues apace, with impacts likely to be profound. The rapidly ...

When I asked John Savage, the retired co-founder of the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, what the essential ingredient in research is, he responded with one word: “Passion.” It is ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

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Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler has received the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor. Two emeritus members of the Princeton faculty, Larry Martin Bartels and ...

Readers disagree with criticism of recent opinion pieces in The New York Times about the origins of Covid-19 and the public health response to it. In a recent science opinion piece, Gregg Gonsalves ...

Ingrid Daubechies, of Duke University, receives her National Medal of Science from Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. President Joe Biden has ...

Stakeholders in science and innovation space have called for stronger collaboration, implementation of research outcomes, and sustained investment in laboratory infrastructure to reposition science as ...