White House Ends Fetal Tissue Research by Federal Scientists

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURAN NEERGAARD / The Associated Press Jun 5, 2019 Abortion foes claim victory as Trump team ignores scientists' advice about its merits in studies on childhood cancers, other health woes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.K. Scientists Risk Prison to Urge Climate Action

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 4, 2018 A group of British scientists and their supporters presses governments to tackle climate change and environmental crisis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Texan, Japanese Win Nobel for ‘Landmark’ Cancer Therapy Work

JIM HEINTZ and DAVID KEYTON / The Associated Press Oct 1, 2018 "An untold number of lives ... have been saved by the science that they pioneered," one doctor says of the immune system research of James Allison and Tasuku Honjo. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hopes Rise for Some Coral Survival

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 25, 2018 Scientists have good news about prospects for coral survival on one of the world’s great reefs threatened by climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Wizard and the Prophet—Dueling Scientific Visions to Shape Tomorrow

Fred Pearce Feb 9, 2018 A new book unpacks the polar opposites of extreme pessimism and optimism about the future of humanity, through the lives of two of their earliest and most compelling advocates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Scientists Get Political—and It’s About Time

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Apr 28, 2017 Recent steps toward a more considered political stance are helpful to both the scientific community and society at large . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why I Will March for Science on Saturday

By Laurie Garrett / Foreign Policy Apr 21, 2017 As the White House and Congress take their budget knives to science funding, most of the leading U.S. scientific institutions are urging their members to hit the streets. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Time for a Federal Robotics Agency

Thor Benson / Truthdig Sep 23, 2014 As drones, driverless cars, robotic surgeons and algorithms that can buy and trade in the stock market become part of the daily conversation, there needs to be an understanding of how the law and the public will deal with these imminent realities. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Guess What, Creationists? There’s Major New Evidence the Big Bang Happened

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 A recent landmark discovery adds to our understanding of how the universe was born. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: Blood Test Can Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2014 Researchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90 percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )