The shutdown of the US government, about to enter its third week, is starting to take a toll on US science. Since the shutdown began, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cancelled ...

Former residents of the Pruitt-Igoe housing development recall a mist being sprayed from rooftops and vehicles in their neighborhood as they slept with their windows open in the heat of the St. Louis ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The federal government spends a lot of money on scientific research and projects, but even so, it can’t do everything without a little ...

The United States is hurtling towards a potential government shutdown if Congress does not pass a budget or short-term funding bill by the end of the month, and the fate of the federal government’s ...

The US government shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on 1 October, after lawmakers in Congress failed to agree on a funding bill to keep the government running. Threats of federal shutdowns have become ...

Billed as the most significant change to the science system in 30 years, last week’s announcement of major structural changes to scientific research institutions was objectively a big deal. But the ...

Nobody denies that science is plagued by an epidemic of fraudulent and politicized research, nor that it wastes billions of taxpayer dollars. But is the problem severe enough to justify completely ...

The federal government’s science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees, 11.9%, between September 2024 and December 2025, according to a new analysis from the Partnership for Public Service. The ...

A competition calling for research projects involving so-called AI scientists shows just how fast this technology is moving. A number of startups and university teams that are building “AI scientists” ...