The dismissal of the National Science Board is the latest in a string of erratic decisions that are destabilizing not only the National Science Foundation, but all of American science. Whatever the ...

As COO, Black will be responsible for stewarding the day-to-day operations of the organization in close coordination with the ...

AAAS Student E-poster Competition Winners. The AAAS Student E-poster competition recognizes the individual efforts of students actively working toward an undergraduate, gradu ...

In the letter, AAAS highlights rising challenges to research integrity including paper mills, predatory journals, and the ...

Fifteen early career scientists — spanning research areas from medical artificial intelligence to exoplanets to bug science — ...

With all twelve conferenced appropriations bills released, and eleven of them now signed into law (six at time of writing, and the numbers remained the same), this report aims to indicate the impact ...

Shutting down the government is no way to unleash U.S. innovation. This act delays setting clear priorities for our nation’s research enterprise and amplifies uncertainty that has enveloped the ...

AAAS has responded to the National Institutes of Health’s request for input on its plan for “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” as released in July 2025. AAAS’ response ...

A federal government shutdown occurs if Congress fails to pass appropriations or a stopgap measure to fund the government by the start of the fiscal year on October 1. When a continuing resolution (CR ...

* Includes Dept. of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration, FBI, and DHS CISA. All figures rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures. Data on R&D in the ...

In the hunt for a remedy, when the baton is passed from dedicated academic scientists to an innovative company to trusted community advocates, outcomes for society can be especially powerful. Today, ...