Tag: Basic research
Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety...
Christine Coughlin, Wake Forest University and Nancy M. P. King, Wake Forest University
As the Trump administration continues to...
Cuts to science research funding cut American lives short − federal...
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington and Patrick Mitchell, University of Washington
Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced...
Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools...
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
You might be old enough to remember the famous “Where’s the Beef?”...
Why do scientists care about worms?
Helen Robertson, University of Chicago
I traveled to a marine research station on a picturesque Swedish fjord many times over the four years I worked...
With federal funding for science on the decline, what’s the role...
David R. Johnson, University of Nevada, Reno
What is the place of a profit motive in the production of knowledge at public universities?
The Trump administration’s...
With science under siege in 2017, scientists regrouped and fought back:...
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after abortion rights were overturned, contraception access is at risk
Cynthia H. Chuang, Penn State and Carol S. Weisman, Penn State
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court...
