With dramatic cuts to departments and efforts to restrict access to certain research, the administration is reshaping a vast data-driven world in its autocratic image.

The purging of federal workers continues.

Donald Trump has set his sights on the judiciary branch.

Elon Musk argued that he wasn’t actually cutting funding for cancer research.

Senator Maggie Hassan tore into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for paralyzing actual scientific research.

A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?

A new study shows bottom trawling isn’t just destructive to wildlife along the ocean floor.

Two government agencies have now concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in an accidental leak from a lab. But paradoxically, they also point to a natural origin.

Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.

By “herd immunity,” the Trump administration means people should be encouraged to catch the coronavirus.

The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.

The first vaccine may not even be 50 percent effective. But that will still help to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

And there was no excuse for that infomercial in front of the White House.

Even if Regeneron's manufactured antibodies are working for the president, the ripple effects could harm the pandemic response down the line.

So-called monoclonal antibodies could help treat patients, protect at-risk groups, and also improve vaccines.

New research suggests even people with mild cases of the coronavirus could experience long-term cardiac problems.

The emergency use authorization will make plasma and immunology research much harder—not ideal during a pandemic.

New research is upending early public health advice. That’s going to continue as researchers understand the virus better.

That’s bad news for all of us, particularly when it comes to research relevant to our current crises.

The new “Why am I seeing this post?” feature could have unintended consequences—for users and advertisers alike.