New evidence of how biomedical research has become more political under Trump: New executive order reclassifying civil service science jobs as political hits NIH hard www.science.org/content/arti...
Microbiologist Jasmine Clark campaigned on her science background--and won. www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH programs and leadership are hit especially hard, while other science agencies are barely mentioned
What Marcia McNutt didn't say in her State of Science farewell address this week at the National Academy of Sciences Sciencehttps://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-octopus-mirror#scienceprudence
Democrats on the House select committee on China move away from panel's stance opposing any research collaborations with China in letter protesting Trump's firing of the National Science Board www.science.org/content/arti...
The political calculus behind whether NSF director nominee Jim O'Neill will testify before Senate HELP committee www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF uses staffing cuts to strip Inspector General's office of its ability to investigate research misconduct www.science.org/content/arti...
Researching while Chinese: The full story of what is happening to Chinese postdocs--and faculty members--at the University of Michigan and Indiana University www.science.org/content/arti...
What if essentially all research collaborations with China were banned? There's a new bill before Congress that would do exactly that www.science.org/content/arti...
Letter also blames Trump for letting China surpass United States in research spending
It's time "to inject" some science into Congress, says Jasmine Clark, whose primary election win in Georgia puts her on a glide path to the US House www.science.org/content/arti...
A hearing would air questions about James O’Neill’s qualifications to lead the agency
The U.S. government has recently convicted multiple postdocs for improper shipments of biological materials. Some see a replay of the 2018 China Initiative
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Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent