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.

We carry these mixed feelings into 2026, which is slated to be another great—yet perhaps troubled—year for science. No list ...

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

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic facility at 5:30 a.m. NZST Tuesday, Dec. 16 (11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15 U.S.

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

Trump is far from the first president to be deeply skeptical of the academic research community. But his second-term actions ...

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

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, ...

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