Alt: Santalabuw Honduran White Bat: A white poof of bat with dark eyes and yellow leaf-shaped nose. The ears are wiggling a mile a minute, just vibrating and shifting direction faster than you can see. It seems almost to hiccup, the wings closed and pressed against the chin & mouth. It dangles from some jungle greenery.

ALT: Pingu and the Walrus Encounter

Taxing the talent that builds American science

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.