Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; ...

Intelligence agencies often complain that they are judged unfairly because you hear about their failures, not their successes.

Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.

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The 2026 cruise ship outbreak has thrust into global view a pathogen with a 40 percent fatality rate, no approved treatment ...

Politicians have reduced public funding for science and dismantled scientific institutions for ideological reasons in Argentina and the United States; how should the scientific community respond to ...

With Trump purging the National Science Board, and the NSF director seat vacant, scientists warn of a shift away from fundamental research toward a narrow focus on AI.

The proposed cuts to basic science threaten to cede our longstanding leadership to other countries, most notably China.

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Amidst the many attention-grabbing headlines of 2026, there is a recent one that may have flown under the radar but shouldn’t ...