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EPA Website Removes Climate Science Site from Public View
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites containing detailed climate data and scientific information.
Scientists Are Conspicuously Missing From Trump's Government
Trump has moved to fill just one of 46 top science posts requiring Senate confirmation.
Broad Institute Scientist Prevails in Epic Patent Fight Over CRISPR
Doudna and Berkeley may appeal the ruling in favor of MIT and Harvard. There is big money at stake.
It’s Been 53 Years Since a Woman Won the Nobel Prize in Physics. What’s the Holdup?
Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
One Trump adviser suggested that NASA no longer should conduct climate research and instead should focus on space exploration.
Why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color
A professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania talks about why faculty diversity is an important — and elusive — goal.
This scientist nearly went to jail for making up data
An Australian neuroscientist just pleaded guilty to fraud but received a suspended sentence for his research misconduct.
This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.
Alexandra Elbakyan is challenging the multibillion-dollar academic publishing industry.
A new model for training scientists could create a conflict of interest
Johns Hopkins and MedImmune team up to train scientists
32 private university presidents earned more than $1 million in 2013
Executive compensation at private and public colleges.
Why do more U.S. women study abroad than men?
Huge disparities in parts of the developing world offer important clues about how American men and women perceive the world in higher education today.
Why an increase in boring study results is an important advance for medicine
Positive results are exciting, but the interest in positive results is skewing what we know about science.
Crowdfunding propels scientific research
The government peer-review committees that oversee grants are conservative by design. Given that their job is to put taxpayers’ money to good use, they are often reluctant to take big risks. The opposite is often true for crowdfunded projects.
What is President Obama's 'precision medicine' plan?
In his hour-long State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama spent a few seconds announcing a "Precision Medicine Initiative," but did little to explain what he has in mind.
U.S., Switzerland love to innovate together
A concentration of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies explains the Swiss position atop the rankings, according to USISTF director Ann Liebschutz.
Lessons for the STEM fields
Lessons for the STEM fields
Improving U.S. education in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — has become a popular cause.