Science

"Try not to confuse accurate data with Politics," Tyson tweeted. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Neil deGrasse Tyson launches another Twitter rant against Trump’s proposed budget cuts

Daniel Chaitin · March 22, 2017 8:43 pm

A lack of investment in scientific research can lead to the U.S. becoming less competitive in growth sectors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Are Trump’s proposed budget cuts anti-science?

Capri Cafaro · March 17, 2017 5:10 pm

Aboard the Genetic-Testing Freakout Bandwagon

Alice B. Lloyd · March 17, 2017 4:51 pm

Professor Stephen Hawking warned that increasingly powerful weapons that can cause catastrophic loss of life in a single strike. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

National Security

Stephen Hawking floats a ‘world government’ to protect humanity from dangerous tech

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2017 10:00 pm

President Trump has hired Michael Kratsios, former chief of staff at billionaire Peter Thiel's company, to work as deputy chief technology officer with the White House Office of Science or Technology, according to multiple reports. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump hires Peter Thiel’s top aide for technology post

Anna Giaritelli · March 4, 2017 3:57 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Tourist astronauts

Washington Examiner · March 3, 2017 2:00 pm

Remains of the Day

Wray Herbert · March 3, 2017 6:55 am

Bill Nye posed with a "Keep The EPA Great" hat. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Don Beyer, via Twitter)

Energy and Environment

Bill Nye poses with ‘Keep The EPA Great’ hat

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2017 1:24 am

SpaceX will administer health and fitness tests on the tourists before initial training for the mission begins. (AP Photo/NASA)

SpaceX will send two tourists around the moon next year

Anna Giaritelli · February 27, 2017 11:37 pm

Members of the scientific community, environmental advocates, and supporters demonstrate Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Boston, to call attention to what they say are the increasing threats to science and scientific research under the administration of President Trump. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Energy and Environment

Hundreds rally in Boston against Trump’s ‘attack’ against science

Jacqueline Klimas · February 19, 2017 10:07 pm

Floral History

Amy Henderson · February 10, 2017 7:10 am

There was an uproar among journalists earlier this week after leaked internal memos seemed to suggest the Trump administration had banned the Environmental Protection Agency from communicating with the public or awarding grants to states. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Beltway Confidential

Media Freakout: EPA ‘standard practice’ called a ‘gag order’ by reporters

Becket Adams · January 28, 2017 1:00 pm