By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

“I’m not a politician,” the new director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya insists. “I’m not going to get involved in the political fight over things.” Easier said than done.

Analysis of U.S. policy documents reveals very little overlap in the science that Democrats and Republicans cite, deepening ...

Employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) are going public with concerns about “politically motivated and legally ...

Altogether, the planned cuts, which include voluntary retirements and separations in addition to layoffs, would reduce ...

Nearly 150 employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) sent an urgent letter of dissent to Congress on Tuesday, ...

Critics are raising alarms over the Restoring Gold Standard Science executive order, saying the updated guidelines could weaken safeguards meant to keep politics out of federal research.

Trump's executive order threatens to weaken federal science, dismiss research, and open the door to political manipulation of evidence-based policy.

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Dr Musadik Malik has directed an urgent overhaul of Pakistan's regulatory framework for genetically modified (GMO) soybean meal ...

Misleading information about the nature of climate change is further complicating and delaying action to fight the environmental issue, according to a new research report. A sprawling report ...