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White House launches funding for AI, signals new era for American science 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 25, 2026
Michael Kratsios, US President Donald Trump’s chief science adviser, released a report this week that reinvents how science is funded in the country. Credit: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Washington D.C. It was a big week for science in US President Donald Trump’s administration. On Tuesday, the president’s chief scientific adviser, Michael Kratsios, released a report
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The Science of Forecasting: How to Prepare Your Research for the Future 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 20, 2026
Every research program is a commitment to the future. However, scientists rarely examine the assumptions behind those bets. Decisions about subsidies, infrastructure, contracting, regulation, and training often assume that certain technologies will mature, specific skills will be needed, the public will accept the resulting innovations, and few risks will materialize. However, these assumptions are rarely
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US politicians pressure agencies to restrict research collaboration with China 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 18, 2026
John Moolenaar, Republican of Michigan, is the chairman of the US House Select Committee on China.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty U.S. House lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have expressed concerns about China exploiting U.S. research but have diverged over how to protect the country’s research and fund it. The concerns, expressed at
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The complex truth about trust in science 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 7, 2026
You have full access to this article through your institution. People are more likely to trust scientists when scientists trust the public and are open about uncertainties.Credit: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Niels Mede is curious to know how the public views science. Last month, two different Uber drivers told the science communication researcher that they thought trust
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The new head of the US Academy of Sciences promises to “double down” on research 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 6, 2026
Neil Shubin is an advocate for connecting scientists with the general public.Credit: Christopher Michel/National Academies On July 1, Neil Shubin, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago in Illinois, began his five-year term as president of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a nonprofit society of elected scholars. Shubin is best known for discovering
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Can you really do a PhD from nine to five? Nature readers weigh in 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 6, 2026
Credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty In April, Nature published advice from PhD candidates and PhD holders who had achieved the unthinkable: doing their PhD from nine to five, more or less. In response to a follow-up survey in the Information about nature In the newsletter, 20% of 6,046 past and present doctoral students said they spent up
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