On Jan. 20, White House workers took down an Oval Office portrait of President Andrew Jackson, a Trump hero, and replaced it with one of Benjamin Franklin, a scientist. Observers say the choice ...

Trump administration officials say changes to federal agencies engaged in science were made in the interests of better science that benefits more Americans. Many scientists we spoke with disagree.

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When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it would result in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the ...

Modernization is happening across the African continent. “Africa is playing a central role in the global AI supply chain, particularly in the early production phase,” writes Rachel Adams at the ...