The Trump administration this week dismissed members of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and Science Advisory Board. “A decision has been made to ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency plans to terminate lease contracts at nearly two dozen California offices relating to science, agriculture and the environment, according to its ...

Jinke Tang, a professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named director of the UW Science Institute. Tang has served as department head for the past eight ...

Whether he’s striding across the football field in pads at halftime to play baritone in the marching band, conducting research on aquatic ecosystems or teaching young students about science, Samson ...

Science journalism is reporting on the symptoms of a disease whose origins lie in an economic model that’s at odds with the ...

Heading into the second year of Trump 2.0, when it comes to science, some argue Trump has no consistent ideology for decision-making. Others argue the unifying theme is destruction of science itself.

Scientists from USC, UCLA and elsewhere rallied in opposition to recent federal job and funding cuts that they say are negatively affecting science, medicine and universities. The demonstration was ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — In a paper published this week, researchers shared evidence indicating Southern Resident orca whales may not only use tools, but they are fashioning them to complete a specific ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of that branch’s employees according to documents reviewed by the Democratic staff of the ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. CREDIT: Prasit Photo via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...