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The Trump Administration's Science Budget: Toughest Since Apollo?

The Trump Administration's Science Budget: Toughest Since Apollo?

A comparison with the early Reagan budgets shows many similarities, but also demonstrates the Trump Administration is far more willing to scale back even basic science.

Is Digital Technology Changing Learning and Teaching?

Is Digital Technology Changing Learning and Teaching?

Is digital technology making fundamental changes to learning and teaching, transforming it in ways that were unimaginable before the advent of the internet?

The Trump Administration’s War on Science

The Trump Administration’s War on Science

Trump's first budget blueprint is a cramped document that sacrifices American innovation to small-bore politics, shortchanging basic scientific research across the government.

Killing Science and Culture Doesn't Make the Nation Stronger

Killing Science and Culture Doesn't Make the Nation Stronger

Massive funding cuts in the president's proposed budget could be more devastating than any threat posed by illegal immigrants.

One Reason Young People Don't Go into Science? We Don't Fail Well

One Reason Young People Don't Go into Science? We Don't Fail Well

After flunking a calculus test, I worried I wouldn't make it in science. But I stuck with it, even as people I knew dropped out after their first failure.

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living

Silicon Valley is coming for death. But it’s looking in the wrong place.

Why Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Should Worry Us

Why Trump’s N.I.H. Cuts Should Worry Us

This is not about Republicans versus Democrats. It is about a more fundamental divide, between those who believe in evidence as a basis for life-altering and nation-defining decisions and those who adhere unflinchingly to dogma.

Science Funding Is a Gamble So Let's Give out Money by Lottery

Science Funding Is a Gamble So Let's Give out Money by Lottery

Would it be better to do away with the search for excellence, and to fund science by lottery?

Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science

Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science

The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.

Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition

Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition

Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.