All year long, these moments captivated the public, demonstrated dangerous trends, and pushed research and innovation forward ...

The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agencies like NASA, NIH and NOAA. NPR's Rob Stein and Katia Riddle spoke to scientists ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana in 2021, before reaching a spot in orbit a million miles away. It soon began breaking cosmology.

The US administration is banking on public-private partnerships and an expanded workforce to deliver progress, but critics ...

US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and ...

It’s been labeled “scientific vandalism” and “a national security risk.” The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the ...

The reporters analyzed 35 years of grants funded by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...

Ms. Covey Denton presented experiments on ENC At Three with host Baileigh Bockover that you can recreate at home.