Scientists' worst fears about Trump's cuts to research funding haven't come to pass, thanks to several legal challenges and ...

We can learn from animals without trapping and capturing them ...

Basic scientific research is a key contributor to economic productivity. Is science running out of steam? A growing body of research suggests that disruptive breakthroughs—the kind that fundamentally ...

A recent review of over 312 studies has identified dozens of unique uses of roadkill in scientific research. The review, ...

This installment in “Trump’s America” series focuses on a UCSF researcher arbitrarily stripped of her federal research grant. Nisha Acharya was studying the workings of the shingles vaccine. SAN ...

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 ...

Exterior view of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. While the Trump Administration's sharp increases in tariffs have received much of the political and economic attention in our ...

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.

Beyer is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. As a pediatrician and a scientist-in-training, I conduct research on a critical question ...

American research science is in crisis. The federal government has canceled grants en masse across agencies, with prospects of more cuts to come. Scientists in public service are facing widespread ...

For the past few years, I have grown a variety of peppers in my garden. I use them to make a pepper sauce. The sauce has to age for one year in the dark corner of our pantry. I don’t necessarily ...

Researchers at Northwestern University said the number of junk scientific publications is growing, and bad actors are profiting. "These people are ruining it for all of us," said Northwestern ...