Rejecting devastating cuts to science funding proposed by the Trump administration, a congressional panel released three bipartisan bills that would only slightly trim 2026 budgets at NASA, the ...

The outlook has brightened for federal science budgets, but political appointees are likely to have a big say in how that ...

Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research and mass layoffs impacting numerous agencies, including the National ...

In March 2025, US President Donald Trump penned a public letter to Michael Kratsios, his incoming director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, outlining a vision to “usher in ...

A new report finds that a majority of Americans think the U.S. should be a world leader in science, but Democrats ...

A section of the Stand up for Science protest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 7, 2025. On Friday tens of thousands of researchers, doctors, healthcare workers, students and other supporters of ...

Demonstrators hold signs during a "Stand Up For Science" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 7, 2025. A federal judge issued a nationwide block against the Trump ...

New EPA Proposal Would Strip States’ and Tribes’ Authority to Block Oil and Gas Pipelines, Other Infrastructure Projects The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River.

It’s that time of the year when you’re making your list, checking it twice, for gifts that spark a love of science for the kids in your life. Ira talks with Mahnaz Dar, young readers’ editor at Kirkus ...

At Melbourne Elementary School in north-central Arkansas, time for science is a priority—even for the youngest students. Starting in kindergarten, teachers dedicate 30-40 minutes for the subject each ...