In a span of a few years, China has outstripped the U.S. in scientific publications, spending and patents.

The Trump administration has proposed and implemented substantial cuts to scientific research funding, which are expected to impact scientific progress profoundly. The administration has proposed ...

Basic scientific research is a key contributor to economic productivity. Is science running out of steam? A growing body of research suggests that disruptive breakthroughs—the kind that fundamentally ...

Over the past year, the Trump administration has relentlessly pursued making deep cuts to federally funded research — while ...

At a congressional hearing Wednesday, witnesses defended the scientific publishing industry while blasting the Trump ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Even in this starkly divided country, Americans can agree on one ...

Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

The problematic use of guest editors was spotlighted last week when a genetics journal retracted nearly an entire special ...

The $23 billion bond would protect jobs, sustain lifesaving research, improve health and bolster the state’s innovation economy.

To counter President Donald Trump’s cuts to scientific research at California universities, state lawmakers are proposing a $23 billion bond issue to fund such work at campus labs, hospitals and ...

Expedition 74 crew finishes key science work and maintenance as Russian cargo craft's arrival looms.

When a group of researchers at Northwestern University uncovered evidence of widespread—and growing—research fraud in scientific publishing, editors at some academic journals weren’t exactly rushing ...