Government policies are shuttering research facilities while muzzling federal researchers by dissuading them from talking to the press, participating in international collaborations, or publishing their work.
Government policies are shuttering research facilities while muzzling federal researchers by dissuading them from talking to the press, participating in international collaborations, or publishing their work.
Protected areas help to conserve imperiled tropical forests, but many are struggling to sustain their resident species.
Italy’s outgoing health minister allows patients to receive an unproven stem cell cocktail at the government’s expense.
Attacks on my work aimed at undermining climate change science have turned me into a public figure. I have come to embrace that role.
Federal science agencies get some relief from the harsh cuts to their 2013 budgets instituted by the recent sequester.
Computer programs that trawl research papers can reveal important large-scale patterns and facilitate further research, but publishers are wary.
Federal research agencies, such as the NIH, EPA, and NSF, are improving communication between their scientists and journalists, but most can do better.
A new analysis finds that while some federal agencies have made strides in safeguarding the validity of their research, more work needs to be done.
A champion of breast cancer awareness in the African-American community passes away at 63.