A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for “extraordinary” work.
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children’s cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort
The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to UCLA
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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U.S. probes foreign links to agriculture research to protect food supply
While researchers agree food security is important, they say scrutiny of foreign collaboration could hurt U.S. innovation.
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She hoped key research could help save her eyesight. Then the Trump funding cuts came
Jessica Chaikof says research into gene therapies could someday save her eyesight. But she worries cuts to federal research funding could mean that therapy won’t be ready in time.
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NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration’s policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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Trump restricts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research — calling it dangerous
President Trump issued an executive order Monday banning federal funding for any research abroad that involves a field of scientific study known as “gain-of-function” research. Here’s what it means.
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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers
The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health’s MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop a freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
