Since July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and analyze otherwise invisible infrared light, Webb is ...

America has long been the undisputed global leader in science and innovation, propelling our economy and improving everyday lives at home and abroad. But federal support for scientific research and ...

The Trump Administration Is Kicking the National Science Foundation out of Its Offices with No Place to Go It’s another petty move from MAGA’s anti-science crusade.

Science agency staff brace for HQ takeover By Robin Bravender | 06/24/2025 08:49 PM EDT Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of ...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from making drastic cuts to research funding that is provided by the National Science Foundation.

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One year after closing the Ontario Science Centre, plans for a new site face delay, the roof remains intact, and staff call the shutdown a “manufactured crisis.” ...

Black coffee, longer life: The science behind your morning perk Study links coffee consumption to lower risk of all-cause mortality; benefits diminished with additives Date: June 17, 2025 Source ...

100 years after the Scopes trial, science is still under attack Teaching human evolution went on trial a century ago. What’s the case’s legacy?

This story is part of Popular Science’s Ask Us Anything series, where we answer your most outlandish, mind-burning questions, from the ordinary to the off-the-wall.

Trump’s so-called Restoring Gold Standard Science executive order of May 23, 2025, resurrects many features of the EPA’s vacated rule, but it applies them to all federal agencies.

US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.