From vaccines to semiconductors, the scientific method made the U.S. a superpower. Abandoning it could reverse decades of progress.

We are dealing with a lot of uncertainty and disruption in science policy and federal funding for science. What are you most concerned about in terms of how this is affecting the scientific enterprise ...

American space science sits at a crossroads, with unmatched technical capability on one side and mounting political and budget pressures on the other. The country that built the Apollo program and the ...

America’s scientific institutions are under attack – and most people don’t realize how fast it’s already affecting their lives. The engines of our health, innovation, and economic strength – places ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. For most of Mary Woolley’s career, science and politics have existed harmoniously. On only a few ...

Science is supposed to be a constant learning process – an evolution of theories, reasoning, and tests that blazes new trails and opens new horizons of information. Science impacts nearly everything ...

Mr. Patel is a staff editor in Opinion who covers science. America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists. Amid sweeping cuts to federal research funding by the Trump administration, job ...

I’ve walked the halls of both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University—places filled with some of the most dedicated and brilliant minds in public health and ...

This program facilitates and develops the scientific community of early-career researchers in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. The National Academies work with academic institutions, ...

New Curtin University research has found the impact of bushfires and prescribed burns on global bee populations is highly varied, with some species benefiting from fire while others face severe risks.