The institute is expected to receive over ¥10 billion in subsidies in the first year after the approval of a plan to ...

An old adage tells us that pressure can burst a pipe, but pressure can also make a diamond. It’s a soothing creed for life’s tumult. It applied most directly to me during my past life as a ...

The expansion of scientific knowledge has led to breakthroughs on some key challenges and to important societal evolutions. Yet, science’s full potential will remain untapped unless there is a ...

Science is the key to a sustainable future. The solutions to current global challenges come from all disciplines and fields of research. But the interface between science and policy must be improved ...

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created. By Alan Burdick and Emily Anthes Illustrations by Ruru Kuo ...

The question of whether science and religion are at odds or generally compatible has long been a topic of interest to philosophers, theologians and scientists, among others. In the Religious Landscape ...

Scientists from USC, UCLA and elsewhere rallied in opposition to recent federal job and funding cuts that they say are negatively affecting science, medicine and universities. The demonstration was ...

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and ...

We explain the administration’s cuts to research. By Alan Burdick I’m an editor and occasional reporter of health and science news. Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired ...

Scott Frickel is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists Science Advocacy Working Group. Fernando Tormos-Aponte was a Kendall Fellow of the UCS from 2020 to 2022. This fellowship provided ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a sunny afternoon steps from the Lincoln Memorial, crowds of protesters gathered to stand up for science. Wispy clouds streaked across blue skies as people chanted, cheered and ...