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NIH Director Removes Four Main Scientists amid Massive Staff Purge
1 April 2025 @ 10:15 pm
The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in "one of the darkest days"
SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Sends Four Private Astronauts into Polar Orbit
1 April 2025 @ 9:00 pm
The privately funded Fram2 mission is the first ever to take astronauts into polar orbit—and the latest sign of a “new normal” for human spaceflight
Trump Administration Cancels NIH Scientific Integrity Policy
1 April 2025 @ 4:30 pm
The National Institutes of Health said it pulled the policy because of language on diversity and inclusion, in line with directives from the Trump administration
As Happened in Texas, Ignoring EPA Science Will Allow Pollution and Cancer to Fester
1 April 2025 @ 11:30 am
Trump administration plans to destroy EPA science will leave the air we breathe and the water we drink more polluted
Even Four-Year-Olds Instinctively Fact-Check for Misinformation
1 April 2025 @ 10:45 am
Children ages four to seven demonstrate natural fact-checking skills when put to a test with zebras and space aliens
As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging
31 March 2025 @ 8:15 pm
By burying an assessment with updates and recommendations about the U.S.’s current measles outbreaks, the CDC has signaled an alarming shift in its public messaging
Watch SpaceX Launch Historic Fram2 Crewed Mission over Earth’s Poles Tonight
31 March 2025 @ 5:45 pm
Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch
Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Climate Change
31 March 2025 @ 4:15 pm
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree goal and are examining how to maintain profits
Is There a Plus Side to Mental Labor?
31 March 2025 @ 3:15 pm
Women shoulder most of the work in managing a family and tell us it’s exhausting, but some also say it has benefits
Top U.S. Researchers Warn against ‘Climate of Fear’ Threatening Science
31 March 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Despite fears that speaking out will make them targets, top researchers warn that the Trump administration’s “wholesale assault on U.S. science” will harm the nation