How to de-Americanize global science
The United States has for decades been a great benefactor of global science. Last year, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded hundreds of grants to researchers outside the…
Scientists everywhere must be protected
I read with deep concern the report of damage inflicted to the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel (A. Chen Nature 643, 306; 2025). Although this and other scientific…
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The US National Institutes of Health, based in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research.Credit: Grandbrothers/Alamy In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist to top job
Palaeontologist Neil Shubin (right), who has been nominated to head the US National Academy of Sciences, displays Tiktaalik roseae.Credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/Alamy The embattled US National Academy of Sciences…
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Senator Susan Collins (right), a Republican from Maine, chats with Senator Patty Murray (left), a Democrat from Washington state, at an appropriations committee meeting on 10 July.Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,…
Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team
The science fair was held on Capitol Hill in the foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building.Credit: dkfielding/iStock/Getty Capitol Hill, Washington DC A few dozen scientists protested the cancelling of…
Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in
Catherina Becker (centre) says it’s key for leaders to give their teams breathing space when ‘something momentous’ happens in the world.Credit: Anja Bretschneider In June 2016, neurobiologist Catherina Becker witnessed…
Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
Government agencies subscribe to academic journals to help their staff members to evaluate research projects for funding and to conduct their own studies.Credit: Getty The administration of US President Donald…
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
It has been difficult to gather reliable estimates of deaths during the war in Gaza.Credit: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Almost 84,000 people died in Gaza between October 2023 and…
Arrests of scientists over smuggled samples add to US border anxiety
After being charged last month with trying to smuggle frog embryos into the United States, Kseniia Petrova, a Russian bioinformatician, was indicted on 25 June on additional charges by a…