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Guest commentary: CDC's new stance on vaccines is political, not scientific

Our nation recently lost a renowned public health hero with the passing of Dr. Walter R. Dowdle, an accomplished scientist, skilled administrator and respected mentor who held many leadership roles ... Read More

Opinion: Views from the front lines of Trump’s war on the science community

Story by Micah Altman and Philip N. Cohen, opinion contributors The Trump administration has unleashed a tsunami of budget cuts to federal science programs. Mass firings have taken place at both the ... Read More

AI Chatbots Are Shockingly Good at Political Persuasion

Chatbots can measurably sway voters’ choices, new research shows. The findings raise urgent questions about AI’s role in future elections ... Read More

Local opinion: Science is under siege, and it must be safeguarded

We must place the science deniers, the liars, and their accomplices all under a peaceful, yet relentless siege. If not, America will lose its position as the world’s science leader. Read More

The AMA Doesn’t Put Politics Ahead of Science

In “The Doctors Who Cry ‘Science’” (Life Science, Aug. 25), Allysia Finley misconstrues the American Medical Association’s commitment to patient advocacy. Though her column raises important concerns ... Read More

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

Mr. Greenblatt is a professor of the humanities at Harvard. The Trump administration’s assault on America’s universities by cutting billions of dollars of federal support for scientific and medical ... Read More

Opinion: Every scientific empire comes to an end

Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ... Read More

America may forfeit its lead in space science

American space science sits at a crossroads, with unmatched technical capability on one side and mounting political and budget pressures on the other. The country that built the Apollo program and the ... Read More

The true cost of abandoning science

Any trip to the dark night skies of our Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery — riddles that astrophysicists like myself spend our days unraveling. I am fortunate to ... Read More