Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., was one of more than fifty members of Congress that students spoke to about their concerns over federal funding for science. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The reporters analyzed 35 years of grants funded by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, ...

It’s pretty obvious at this point that the Trump administration is waging a full-scale assault on US science. It has proposed budgets that would be catastrophic, stopped the flow of research funds to ...

Johns Hopkins University is having to lay off over 2,000 people after $800 million in federal grants to the institution’s investigators were abruptly terminated (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) The ...

On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. The order requires that any announcement of ...

The impact of scientific research extends far beyond the laboratory. Breakthroughs like insulin and innovations like the internet have transformed our everyday lives. They also influence policymaking ...

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A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science. By Aatish Bhatia, Amy Fan, Jonah Smith and Irena Hwang In the past decade, the National Institutes of Health ...

Hundreds of people stand outside along the tidal basin in Washington, DC, with many people holding protest signs, including one that says “Fund Don’t Freeze.” Protesters gather on the National Mall in ...