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The Department of Justice plans to require cheek swabs at the border, with the data then entered in a national criminal database.

Two panels devoted to reviewing/recommending policy on marine protected areas and invasive species were eliminated.

Funding cuts provoke concerns about job losses, cancelled research programs, and closed departments.

The country’s government has imposed a communication blackout on Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost region in India, effectively cutting off scientists and students from the rest of the world.

The National Labor Relations Board has gone back-and-forth on whether graduate students at private universities can form unions three times in the past 19 years.

Environmental activists of all ages took to the streets in cities across the globe.

Recent federal announcements serve as reminders that in the US policy continues to outpace science when it comes to cannabis.

Those who plan to participate say communication is critical to researchers’ role.

The repeal will return the US to water standards from 1986.

An outspoken critic of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, Happer is returning to academia after a year in his White House role.

From travel restrictions and publishing bans to currency collapse, the restoration of US sanctions has left researchers in Iran reeling.

The agency plans to stop funding virtually all toxicology studies in mammals by 2035.

The new policy will increase scrutiny and pressure on stem cell clinics, according to industry experts.

A study finds women continue to be underrepresented among science, engineering, and math professors, despite making up more than half the student population in these fields.

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has focused attention on funding of higher education institutions by patrons with disgraceful behavior.

The number of measles cases this year is already more than all of the cases reported in 2018.

The European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) faces criticism after public allegations emerge that its president engaged in sexual harassment and bullying.

The federal government cautions that the drug can affect brain development in both teens and fetuses.

A program to encourage transdisciplinary research at top cancer centers has evolved into a counterproductive national strategy for organizing cancer research.