The pick—Georgia Public Health Commissioner and physician Brenda Fitzgerald—is an experienced public health leader, but lacks research chops. 

Just by activating these immune cells in the brain, scientists could make mice eat more and burn fewer calories.

The most recent bill from appropriators increases NASA funds from current levels and rescues the National Science Foundation from President Trump's deeper cuts.

The proposals would funnel more money into some science programs, but make new research cuts of their own. 

This month, the EPA registered four products that include RNA interference technology intended to control corn rootworms. 

The first randomized trial to examine whole-genome sequencing in healthy people uncovers disease-causing genetic variants, but the overall benefits to this population are ambiguous.

Students will not learn the theory in primary and secondary schools nationwide. 

The most destructive global coral bleaching event on record shows signs of remission in the Indian Ocean. 

Biologists’ walk in the woods sparks the creation of a masterful fruit fly field guide. 

In an effort to crack down on unauthorized postings of journal articles, the American Psychological Association is policing the Internet for scientists sharing their own work. 

Scientists expand the microbial tree of life by publishing more than 1,000 novel reference genomes.  

Rather than offering grant funds to US researchers, some French researchers wish Macron would commit to funding domestic labs.