Waning support for basic research threatens Britain’s technology ambitions

The government is politicising funding for basic research

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

The Trump administration's theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science.

The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.

OMB, joined by some forty grantmaking agencies—NSF, HHS, DOE, NASA, DOD among them—has proposed a sweeping rewrite of the rules governing all federal grants, the Regulation for Federal Financial Assis...

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining “eternal snow” in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice

Trump allegedly took records tied to his business interests and others so confidential they were shared with only six individuals.

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

A crude device for quantification shows how diverse aspects of distantly related organisms reflect the interplay of the same underlying physical factors.

Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.

Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?

The U.S. is proposing sweeping new border rules that could require selfies, biometrics and expanded social media screening for foreign travelers.

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universe—and discover billions of fast-changing objects