As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

16 February 2025 at 13:47

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

Sudip Parikh, who leads the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in Washington in 2023.

As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

NYT > Climate and Environment

By:Raymond Zhong

16 February 2025 at 09:57

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

NYT > Science

By:Sarah Scoles

14 February 2025 at 14:45

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

Felisa Wolfe-Simon, a research scientist who presented findings in 2010 that suggested arsenic could be a building block of life.

As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight

NYT > Science

By:Raymond Zhong

16 February 2025 at 09:57

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil.

A.I. Accelerates in Paris + Can A.I. Fix Your Love Life?

NYT > Technology

By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Rachel Dry · Chris Wood · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto

14 February 2025 at 06:00

It’s a Valentine’s Day Special!

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

NYT > Technology

By:Sarah Scoles

14 February 2025 at 14:45

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

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