Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in ...
STAT

Basic science publications have been falling for a decade. NIH budget cut would likely accelerate the decline

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The number of basic science papers published by recipients of ...
C&ENOpinion

Nobels remind us of the importance of funding basic science

For example, the Nobel prize in economic science, awarded this week, underlined the importance of funding basic research.
The New York Times

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science shows the impact of the administration’s budget plan on the kind of studies that produce the most breakthroughs. By William J.
Black Enterprise

Gen-Z Enrolling In ‘Adulting 101’ Crash Course To Learn Long-Lost Basic Life Skills

These "Adulting 101" courses teach everything that traditional math and science classes do not. While Gen Z leads a new tech-driven era, many still feel they lack crucial life skills that AI cannot ...
Forbes

Australia Cutting Basic Climate Science Research Is 'Head in the Sand' 101

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia's national science agency. It has also been a leader in climate and ocean observations-modeling for decades.