This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
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Advocacy groups are petitioning Congress to avoid sequestration, which could leave funding for science billions of dollars short in 2013.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, climate scientists should make their consensus about climate change known to all who care to listen.
A bill that would increase visas for foreign-born, US-trained science and engineering graduates passes in the House, but is unlikely to get through Senate.
A Michigan University clinical researcher allegedly supplied a fund manager with information about drug trial results that the fund used to rake in more than $270 million.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
From education to space, science fared well at the polls on Tuesday.
A New York City climate change brain trust warned of severe damage to the city that bears a striking resemblance to the chaos recently wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
Politicians could make better decisions if they thought more like scientists, says Rush Holt, the only physicist in Congress.
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