This story was updated April 2, 2026, to note that after orbiting Earth, Artemis II is now on the trajectory that will take it around the moon. For the first time in more than half a century, humans ...

WASHINGTON — More than 2,000 demonstrators gathered on the National Mall on Saturday for a rally organized by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science, criticizing policies of the administration of ...

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. It was a year ago when a handful of early career researchers made a ...

An exclusive conversation with Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI for Science, a new in-house team that wants to make scientists more productive. In the three years since ChatGPT’s explosive debut, OpenAI’s ...

On March 7 scientists and advocates are set to take to the streets in support of science—the nationwide demonstration will mark the second Stand Up for Science rally since U.S. president Donald Trump ...

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 ...

Conducting research is hard; confirming the results is, too. And artificial intelligence isn’t yet ready to help, a major new study finds. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on replication in ...

WASHINGTON — Submissions are now being accepted for the 2026 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.