Science

Scientists revise results on a major climate study, Trump supports criminal justice reform, and palm oil production threatens orangutan habitat.

• By Rebecca Worby

It will help scientists more accurately measure the presence of vocal species like bats, birds, bees, and tigers.

• By Sue Palminteri

The policy would have required that the data for all scientific studies used to justify major regulatory actions be publicly available.

• By Rebecca Worby

New research reports Trump voters were more likely to perform poorly on a test of intellectual ability.

• By Tom Jacobs

Two of the three invited scientists agreed with the rule, even though other evidence suggests most scientists are against it.

• By Francie Diep

What happens to taxpayer money when scientists are faced with accusations or findings of wrongdoing?

• By Francie Diep

In many Native American communities, there's a fear that any knowledge shared with scientists could end up in published reports—which could, in turn, lead to a familiar story of plundering.

• By Terri Hansen

Through his attacks on those government expenditures he deems frivolous, the Arizona senator exposes the counterproductive nature of his own belt-tightening mission.

• By James McWilliams

The combination of moisture and particular chemicals is behind our ability to smell a rainstorm.

• By Tim Logan

Nevertheless, scientists see some progress on the problem of reproducibility.

• By Francie Diep

A systemic review presents damning evidence that journalists are overselling research.

• By James McWilliams

In an anonymous survey, government scientists expressed concerns about plans to reduce focus and research on racial and sexual minorities and the poor.

• By Francie Diep

Trump has announced he is nominating meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to direct the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

• By Francie Diep

The rule's architects aren't really seeking better science, opponents argue.

• By Francie Diep

Some members of the science community are fighting to ensure that a finding of harassment leads to consequences far beyond whatever the university decides—including their removal from the National Academy of Sciences.

• By Francie Diep

It's not easy staying green.

• By Tom Jacobs

A game-changer for gaming addiction, scientists on a short leash, and a bear-y good livestream.

• By Rebecca Worby

Meanwhile, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is struggling with its own controversy over whether it properly punishes member harassers.

• By Francie Diep

New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.

• By Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Scott Pruitt's proposed policy to require that data and methods behind scientific studies be made publicly available has left Democrats in Congress rankled.

• By Francie Diep

New research suggests lesbian, gay, and bisexual students are being driven out of STEM majors.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

New research offers a step toward understanding how Facebook users find science news in this age of quick content circulation.

• By Candace Butera

Taste buds may be the tiniest victims of the obesity epidemic.

• By Kate Wheeling

Today’s kids are less reflexively sexist than past generations. But the stereotype that all scientists are male remains stubbornly persistent.

• By Tom Jacobs