Federal science agencies vary in their requirements. Here’s how researchers can follow the rules.

The president’s request for next year’s federal budget includes a 7 percent drop in funding for the National Institutes of Health and reductions for other science agencies.

A reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 won’t punish oil and gas companies whose activities kill birds unintentionally, The New York Times reports.

A working group has put forth suggestions for cracking down on misconduct, such as requiring grant applicants to disclose sexual harassment findings.

The country’s new government appears to have heard the call from academics for an independent body to distribute federal research funds.

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

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.

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

The Duke University emeritus professor was an expert in purine biosynthesis and the genetics of gout.