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March 29, 2017
Emily Atkin
Republicans’ sneaky plan to smother future environmental regulations just passed the House.
March 29, 2017
Emily Atkin
House Republicans held an insane hearing just to attack climate science.
March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s budget is a middle finger to science.
March 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
A record number of House Republicans just vowed to fight climate change.
March 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
Air Pollution Denial Is the New Climate Denial
The latest right-wing lie is even crazier than the supposed global warming "hoax." But it's gaining influence in the Trump administration.
March 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt is doing an excellent job—at luring scientists into politics.
March 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
Republicans’ War on Science Just Got Frighteningly Real
Two terrible bills that Obama would have vetoed are back in play, and they stand a very good chance of becoming law under Trump.
March 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA chief Scott Pruitt just went full climate denier.
March 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA’s Science Office Removed “Science” From Its Mission Statement
March 1, 2017
Emily Atkin
Is the March for Science Bad for Scientists?
The Earth Day event has created a rift between those who want to defend their field and those who worry it will hurt their cause.
February 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
Donald Trump did something not-terrible for women today.
February 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Scientific Community Is Facing an Existential Crisis
Dr. Rush Holt talks Donald Trump, the increasing politicization of science, and what his community needs to do next.
February 24, 2017
Emily Atkin
Inside the Scientists’ Quiet Resistance to Trump
They're sacrificing work, leisure, and sleep to defend important government data. Is it making a difference? And how long can they keep it up?
February 22, 2017
Emily Atkin
Tired of Earth? Well, NASA has some good news.
Tired of living on this planet? Well, NASA has some good news
February 15, 2017
Sarah Jones
Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the Party of Eugenics
The long-discredited theory is newly relevant in 2017—but maybe it's always been embedded in the Republican platform.
February 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The first hearing on NASA’s future will feature a climate-denying astronaut.
January 16, 2017
Stacia L. Brown
Hidden Figures
and the Ambitious Working Mother
Challenged at work, supported at home, the trio of NASA mathematicians are a bold representation of cooperative black domestic life.
January 10, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Are Democrats the Party of Science? Not Really.
Until liberals truly embrace the spirit of scientific inquiry, they'll never gain the upper hand in the policy debates of the Trump era.
December 20, 2016
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Cynthia Graber
Why Is the Government Spying on Mosquitoes?
U.S. intelligence agencies are funding a new scientific partnership that combines James Bond spy-craft and Silicon Valley wizardry.
November 29, 2016
Rachel Riederer
Who Gets to Be a Science Nerd?
The troubling history of popular science.
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