Much of what keeps science accurate, ethical, and usable is done by women and girls—and because it doesn’t look like a breakthrough, it rarely counts as one. Science loves a clean story. A single mind ...

Setting a work requirement to collect welfare is more than “a way to reduce costs,” argues Merrill Matthews at The Hill: “Its real benefit is to help individuals regain the dignity and self-respect ...

This time of year, many of us pause to reflect on what we’re grateful for—family, friends, health, and the comforts of home. But there’s one group we often overlook: The people we work with every day.

For nearly eight decades, the U.S. innovation ecosystem has been underpinned by a deliberately decentralized model of federal research support. Rooted in the vision laid out by Vannevar Bush in ...

American scientists spent much of 2025 in shock. The Trump administration cancelled thousands of grants and withheld billions of dollars from researchers. Labs were forced to close their doors as they ...

For years, scientific sleuths have been uncovering flaws and fraud in research publishing, from duplicated images and fabricated data to fake peer reviews. Their work has helped to bring about the ...