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Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

In an era of rapid scientific and technological advances when politicians and scientists are struggling to find the right balance between innovation and safety, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced ...

Improved methods for social and behavioral sciences research could help enhance public trust in science, says a new study ...

Proposed NIH cuts in the Trump administration's budget are again getting bipartisan pushback in Congress. Can the US maintain ...

Professor Dashun Wang found that only a small share of scientific papers are cited by both Democrats and Republicans, but ...

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 ...

Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the ...

Research and discovery at the Jacobs School aims to improve health for all. The multidisciplinary research includes advances in basic and clinical science; those discoveries are translated into ...

President-elect Donald Trump will once again have the chance to leave his mark on this country’s scientific research enterprise. But that’s cold comfort for many scientific researchers, who have long ...

It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A component of many federal grants that support basic research requires that discoveries be shared with nonscientists.

Reports of halted research and clinical trials contradict Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statement that the Trump administration hasn’t cut science and research. One recent research letter ...