How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal
Layoffs and funding freezes have struck a blow to the U.S. scientific enterprise. Selective Pressure columnist C. Brandon Ogbunu argues that to mitigate the damage, scientists need to swiftly adopt a...
View ArticleIn New Administration, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances. The $70 billion industry...
View ArticleInterview: Did Scientists and the Media Get Covid All Wrong?
Is it possible that many scientists and the news media got the Covid-19 response all wrong? Political scientists Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee, the authors of “In Covid’s Wake,” argue that many...
View ArticleNIH Funding Cuts Don’t Just Target Elite Universities
When the National Institutes of Health announced on social media that it would reduce funding for biomedical research grants, the agency pointed to elite universities and their hefty endowments. But...
View ArticleIn New Administration, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances. The $70 billion industry...
View ArticleFederal Science Hamstrung by DOGE’s Credit Card Spending Limit
Elon Musk’s agency froze most spending above $1 on federal credit cards. Now, officials and researchers at science agencies are struggling to order basic supplies and carry out the main functions of...
View ArticleRural Texas Scrambles to Respond to Measles
With crumbling public health infrastructure, county health departments in Texas face steep challenges. Aging infrastructure, a dearth of primary care providers, and long distances between testing sites...
View ArticleIn New Administration, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances. The $70 billion industry...
View ArticleInfertility Is a Mental Health Bombshell
In February, the White House issued an executive order meant to protect access to in vitro fertilization and reduce costs for IVF treatments. But it doesn’t address the emotional burden often...
View ArticleBook Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
Technology writer Nicholas Carr contends in “Superbloom” that our obsession with digital technology is causing us to live in a perpetual state of sensory and communication overload. In the process, our...
View ArticleHow One Company Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable
For years, scientists have explored ways to cool the planet through geoengineering. Now a little-known, well-financed startup, Stardust, is aiming to develop a proprietary geoengineering technology,...
View ArticleAmid Gutting of USAID, Agent Orange Cleanup in Vietnam Halted
When foreign aid was halted in February, diplomats in Vietnam warned that defunding the clean up of a massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health. Now, companies in...
View ArticleA Powerhouse of Global Satellite Infrastructure: Norway?
Norway may not be the first country that comes to mind when thinking of the space industry. But it has quietly emerged as a ground-station powerhouse, supporting some of the world’s most important...
View ArticleOur Toxic Relationship with Herbicides
Herbicides pose risks to the environment and to human health, but they are also the best tool land managers have for controlling invasive plants, which themselves can cause harm to ecosystems. One...
View ArticleBook Review: Casting a Brighter Light on Nuclear Energy
In “The Power of Nuclear,” Dutch journalist Marco Visscher lays out the reasons why widespread fears and hesitations about atomic energy are misguided, illogical, and propelled by unscientific...
View ArticleFederal Science Hamstrung by DOGE’s Credit Card Spending Limit
Elon Musk’s agency froze most spending above $1 on federal credit cards. Now, officials and researchers at science agencies are struggling to order basic supplies and carry out the main functions of...
View ArticleFederal Science Hamstrung by DOGE’s Credit Card Spending Limit
Elon Musk’s agency froze most spending above $1 on federal credit cards. Now, officials and researchers at science agencies are struggling to order basic supplies and carry out the main functions of...
View ArticleBook Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
Technology writer Nicholas Carr contends in “Superbloom” that our obsession with digital technology is causing us to live in a perpetual state of sensory and communication overload. In the process, our...
View ArticleBook Review: How Our Digital Infatuation Undermines Discourse
Technology writer Nicholas Carr contends in “Superbloom” that our obsession with digital technology is causing us to live in a perpetual state of sensory and communication overload. In the process, our...
View ArticleLawsuits Against Diversity Initiatives in Science Multiply
Recent lawsuits against the American Chemical Society and the University of Pennsylvania join a recent uptick in legal action against programs intended to promote diversity in academia. Many legal...
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