The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists ...

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States. January saw the abrupt suspension ...

Every major pharmaceutical breakthrough in the past 40 years started with taxpayer-funded basic research: mRNA vaccines, ...

Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., was one of more than fifty members of Congress that students spoke to about their concerns over federal funding for science. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ...

Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature. The policy prevents ...

I touched a microscope for the very first time thanks to my teacher lugging them into our classroom at Winter Park High School. Once I saw those delicate onion cells close up, I was hooked on biology.

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

In a rare display of unity, thousands of America’s most accomplished scientists have joined forces to warn Congress that proposed FY26 budget cuts would do lasting damage to the nation’s economy, ...

The impact of scientific research extends far beyond the laboratory. Breakthroughs like insulin and innovations like the internet have transformed our everyday lives. They also influence policymaking ...

I’m here because of science, from the antibiotics that stopped my childhood illnesses to the science teachers who set me on my path as a plant biologist. Science has historically been non-partisan, ...

A government shutdown will likely lead to further dismantling of federal environmental science, enforcement and conservation agencies, advocates warned this week. Previous government shutdowns have ...

A new Northwestern study analyzing public records maintained by the U.S. Government Publishing Office and Congressional Budget Office over a 40-year period showed that federal science and research ...