Scientific News We Must Restore Trust In Science In ‘antiscientific America’

Science journalists as brokers of trust

"Trust in science is collapsing"—that's the alarm we often hear. It's not surprising, then, that recent years have seen major efforts to study the phenomenon and its dynamics in the general population ... Read More

A Crushing Year for Science in America

The Trump administration has sharply cut funding for scientific research and eliminated thousands of jobs. We spoke to scientists about the work that was lost. Read More

Senior CDC officials resign after Monarez ouster, cite concerns over scientific independence

Several top officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are speaking out after announcing their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political ... Read More

How “prebunking” can restore public trust and other September highlights

How can we combat this kind of disinformation and restore public trust in elections? It might be possible to essentially "vaccinate" people against any viral post-election conspiracies that may emerge ... Read More

My View: America once valued scientific research that saved lives. Are those days gone?

American exceptionalism in health research, innovation and discovery has saved many lives in past years, but policies from the current HHS that has alternative views on public health that contradict ... Read More

OpenAI is hiring 'AI-pilled' academics to build a scientific discovery accelerator

OpenAI for Science was announced in a Tuesday X post. Its goal is to accelerate scientific discovery through AI. The post suggests GPT-5 will play a key role in the effort. Artificial intelligence ... Read More

The State of Health in America: A Political and Scientific Crossfire

At the heart of the Trump administration's health agenda is a dramatic reorientation of public health priorities. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared during a Senate ... Read More

OpenAI launches 'OpenAI for Science' initiative to build the ‘next great scientific instrument’ – here’s what we know

OpenAI, parent company of ChatGPT, has ushered in a new era of scientific ambition with the establishment of OpenAI for Science. Unveiled by Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil on X, this research ... Read More

We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review

George Chalhoub argues for transparent and enforceable guidelines for regulating the use of AI in scientific peer review. "AI is a tool, not a decision-maker. Protecting the credibility of the ... Read More