Lifesaving Alzheimer’s Research Delayed by Trump Funding Cuts
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The Trump administration is freezing, delaying and revoking funding for dementia research, setting back discoveries of potential future treatments
The Trump administration is freezing, delaying and revoking funding for dementia research, setting back discoveries of potential future treatments
Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it
Liberty Energy, founded by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, reports falling profits, and the industry cites tariffs as a driver
The National Science Foundation, which funds key science and engineering research, is the latest U.S. agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE
New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops that has implications for ecology and human health
Scientists discovered two genes involved in hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that can cause extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Now they’re looking into treatments
Amid harsh cuts, the Trump administration has proposed canceling the nearly ready-to-launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Hear takeaways from 35 years at Scientific American from Gary Stix, our recently retired mind and brain editor.
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I was fired from my job as a scientist at the only federal agency dedicated to the science of workplace safety. The Trump administration’s cuts put the U.S. workforce in danger
New European Union regulations will require products that last longer and are easier to recycle
In general, crowds like to form lanes to get across—until too many people go in too many different directions
Autism rates are rising, but RFK, Jr., is wrong about the reasons. Here’s what the science says
Similar to other professions, science has organizations that represent scientists and the research they do. Too many are staying silent as Trump dismantles research
A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say
President Trump’s efforts to dismantle climate policies won’t stop renewables from rising or fossil fuels from slowing, according to outlooks from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and BloombergNEF
Leaked budget documents indicate that key NASA and NOAA research projects, such as crucial climate research and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, are at risk of being defunded in 2026