SOCORRO, NM - 1999: These 27 moveable antennas, known as the Very Large Array, take in radio signals, some extremely faint, from throughout the cosmos, 1999 near Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA is a ...

Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler has received the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor. Two emeritus members of the Princeton faculty, Larry Martin Bartels and ...

For decades, federal science funding has enjoyed bipartisan support. We urge readers to contact their elected representatives ...

When medicine doesn’t focus on prevention, anti-vaccination rhetoric flourishes. It’s time to address the system. Early last month, the scientist and medical researcher Dr. Peter Hotez shared a photo ...

Trump’s tariffs and deportations continue to command the lion’s share of headlines, but his perverse campaign against American science continues apace, with impacts likely to be profound. The rapidly ...

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.

When I asked John Savage, the retired co-founder of the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, what the essential ingredient in research is, he responded with one word: “Passion.” It is ...

Ingrid Daubechies, of Duke University, receives her National Medal of Science from Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. President Joe Biden has ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Readers disagree with criticism of recent opinion pieces in The New York Times about the origins of Covid-19 and the public health response to it. In a recent science opinion piece, Gregg Gonsalves ...

We have rated this quote Misattributed, because there is no evidence the Nazi dictator ever said such a thing, or anything resembling it. Although Nazi Germany boasted some topnotch scientists, some ...