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Proportions of female students and those from under-represented ethnic groups are rising, yet parity is a way off.
Predict, a government research program, sought to identify animal viruses that might infect humans and to head off new pandemics. Now the program has been cancelled.
The acting chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) is investigating whether the agency's response to President Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian constituted a violation of policies and ethics.
Legislators weigh steps to thwart foreign attacks on academic research.
In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change.
Despite repeatedly expressing public support for children’s health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ending funding for a network of research centers focused on environmental threats to kids, imperiling several long-running studies of pollutants’ effects on child development.
Contrary to first impressions, Congress has done a decent job standing up for scientific research.
As President Trump requests deep budget cuts on science spending, he is likely to meet strong opposition in Congress.
Funding cuts proposed by the White House are reversed in a budget that is over four months late.
Fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Edray Goins, who earned one of them, found the upper reaches of the math world a challenging place.
Research needs an authoritative forum to hash out collective problems, argue C. K. Gunsalus, Marcia K. McNutt and colleagues.
Printer closures and paper shortages create scheduling headaches for academic authors and staff at university presses.
Agencies including the National Science Foundation are without funding
Research community welcomes meteorologist as Trump's new science adviser, after two years without one, but the office he will run is currently closed.
Many land-grant schools have submitted bids despite objections by researchers
