David Malakoff
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Ancient Native Americans were among the world's first coppersmiths
New dates show people worked pure ore nearly 10,000 years ago around the Great Lakes → Read More
Biden orders sweeping review of government science integrity policies
Task force will document instances of political interference → Read More
Power shift in Senate could bring major changes in U.S. science and climate policy
Democratic takeover would help end Trump regulations and advance environmental legislation → Read More
Universities urge U.S. leaders to boost science budgets by 15%, ease rules to cope with pandemic
Academic scientists plead for help to both conquer COVID-19 and limit its damage → Read More
Science groups, senator warn Trump administration not to change publishing rules
Letters blast rumored shift to immediate open access for taxpayer-funded studies → Read More
U.S. government shutdown starts to take a bite out of science
Congress has refused to give President Donald Trump the funding he wants for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Mark Wilson/Getty Images U.S. government shutdown starts to take a bite out of science By David MalakoffJan. 7, 2019 , 6:00 PM Rattlesnakes, bears, hurricanes, and freezing weather haven’t stopped ecologist Jeff Atkins from taking weekly hikes into Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park… → Read More
Trump’s pick to head White House science office gets good reviews
Oklahoma meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier is a respected researcher and science policy veteran → Read More
Breakthrough in budget negotiations could raise spending for science
A tentative agreement could break a 4-month impasse over 2018 spending and avoid a federal government shutdown on Friday → Read More
U.S. scientists on edge as government shutdown looms
Even a temporary closure could scramble research, delay grants, shutter facilities → Read More
U.S. science groups make last-minute push to influence final tax deal
Several provisions could harm research and education, critics say → Read More
U.S. House approves 2018 spending bills, but process far from finished
Lawmakers generally reject Trump’s proposals for deep science cuts → Read More
Senate spending panel would squeeze science agencies but exceed Trump request
Budgets of NSF, NASA, NIST, and NOAA would dip slightly in 2018 → Read More
U.S. flower sellers rush to destroy illegal GE petunias
USDA investigation of unnaturally orange flowers follows similar discovery in Europe → Read More
U.S. spy agencies wimp out on science of climate change, but still say it’s a security threat
Annual threat assessment also flags gene editing, semiconductor worries, and biodiversity loss → Read More
A battle over the ‘best science’
Summary Who could object to calls for basing government regulations on the "best available science"? But in Washington, D.C., the phrase has become code for a contentious debate surrounding federal regulatory agencies. Last week, the debate heated up again in Congress as a Senate panel launched a potentially arduous effort to spell out how regulators should identify and use the best science. In… → Read More
Bob Dylan, the songwriter scientists love to quote, just won a Nobel Prize
Dylan lyrics are common in the scientific literature → Read More
Can a long-dead reverend help save Amazonia’s freshwater dolphins?
To track population trends, researchers reach for centuries-old Bayes' theorem → Read More
What’s the face of U.S innovation? Don’t think Bill Gates
New study finds large numbers of immigrants, few women and minorities → Read More
Journals investigate climate skeptic author’s ties to fossil fuel firm as new allegations arise
Activists raise new questions about disclosure by Willie Soon → Read More
Smithsonian asks legal watchdog to investigate climate skeptic’s disclosure practices
Revelations about Willie Soon’s funding sources prompt review → Read More