The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

The Trump administration has proposed and implemented substantial cuts to scientific research funding, which are expected to impact scientific progress profoundly. The administration has proposed ...

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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of ...

Though leaders at the National Institutes of Health say they intend to allocate all the federally assigned dollars, changes ...

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.

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Even in this starkly divided country, Americans can agree on one ...

When a group of researchers at Northwestern University uncovered evidence of widespread—and growing—research fraud in scientific publishing, editors at some academic journals weren’t exactly rushing ...

Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin — or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been ...

The publishing of subpar or bogus academic papers is on the rise. Increasing numbers of sleuths are dedicated to exposing this fraud. Some sleuths want to organize, while others prize their ...

It may be time to hit the road in pursuit of scientific research. Millions of animals are struck by vehicles every year and killed as a result. These accidents have even pushed some species to ...

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma Bint Ali on Saturday underlined the importance of scientific research in promoting sustainability during a specialised workshop held in cooperation with the Royal Botanic ...