How Science and Culture Are Under Attack—and What We Can Do About It

We are going to need to work together to defend scientific research, schools, universities, libraries, news organizations, and museums against government attacks. Read More

Trust in science: Let’s leave politics out of it

Science plays a massive and multifaceted role in the world today. It is woven into pretty much every aspect of our lives, whether we notice it or not. Read More

The high cost of silence: Science made America strong, only science will keep it that way

The Herald’s editorial board requested an update to “A scientific dark age threatens to undo decades of progress and innovation,” (Herald , Mar. 16) by Black and DiRusso believing ... Read More

Conservatives less trusting of science compared to liberals in the United States

A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour reveals that in the United States, political conservatives tend to trust scientists less than liberals across a wide range of scientific fields—not just ... Read More

‘We must be louder’ to combat mistrust in science, medicine

A simmering mistrust of medical science and scientific ... so we must be louder.” After all, the stakes could not be higher, Opole added. “Medical practice is premised on trust in the ... Read More

Is “scientific consensus” shorthand for “shut up, the grown-ups are talking?”

It’s what we should be ... s direction, they must explain all the streams feeding into it, not just point to one quirky tributary that veers off. Of course, being a human enterprise, science is flawed ... Read More

EPA announces broad reorganization that includes shuffle of scientific research

Administrator Lee Zeldin announced changes that included creating a new unit within his office “to align research and put science ... independent scientific research in America,” Weber said. Read More

Scientific societies say they'll do national climate assessment after Trump dismisses report authors

“We are filling in a gap in the scientific process,” AGU President Brandon Jones said. “It's more about ensuring that science continues.” Meteorological society past president Anjuli ... Read More