President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that has the stated goal of restoring trust in science – but critics are claiming the order will allow the administration to dictate what ...

Gold standard science (GSS). It's a simple idea: Conduct the best, unbiased scientific research possible. However, as with many simple ideas, GSS has been co-opted by MAHA as yet another tool to ...

Late last month, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a document detailing its vision for scientific integrity. Its nine tenets, first laid out in President Donald Trump’s ...

Carter is founder of SciLight and an expert in scientific integrity and federal science policy. Goldman is the president and CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists. On May 23, the Trump ...

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is drawing strong criticism from scientists who say the order gives the administration a way to discount scientific ...

A new term keeps popping up in messages from Trump administration scientific agencies - a pledge to restore “gold-standard science.” Many scientists say the opposite is happening. The administration’s ...

The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to ...

On May 23, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Restoring Gold Standard Science.” And, in news that may surprise our readers, it sounds remarkably good, focusing on issues like ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...