The work that federal agencies do has real consequences for people across the country and it matters who leads those agencies.

We surveyed thousands of scientists in four countries and learned just how important beauty is to them.

Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science.

World Science Forum warns of increased science denial among political and social movements.

The way that governments think corrupts scientists and their work. Ian Boyd offers an alternative.

US academics debate Trump’s impact on R&D: budget cuts, visa limits – but perhaps some transatlantic cooperation. 

Worries are mounting in Europe after Donald Trump won a second term in the White House, with the EU scrambling to chart a future in which it is less dependent on the US for defence and technology.

A contest with $300,000 in prize money aims to improve molecular assays needed to test aging treatments.