Digital Science says artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming research and innovation, creating new possibilities for ...

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Among Americans, trust in science increased slightly between 2024 and 2025, according to a new Pew Research poll.

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 ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence promises to accelerate scientific discovery and open new frontiers of inquiry. But new research from ...

Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because who gets to speak for science steers which problems ...

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 ...

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 ...