Science and Technology

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Leaders from rural communities in eight states travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions. If successful, the mission also will be the first to cultivate mushrooms as a crop.

We investigate how the tech industry is thinking about its environmental footprint as it invests in energy-consuming new AI models.

American scientists have long worked abroad, but recruitment efforts are increasing due to cuts by the Trump administration.

After years of planning, the Trump administration is overhauling a federal universal broadband initiative to open the door to Musk's Starlink satellite service.

A federal judge barred administration officials from destroying messages sent over the encrypted messaging app about the sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen's Houthis.

A genetic change that boosts a cell's aerobic capacity while also protecting it from excess stress could explain how horses became such powerful athletes, according to a new study in Science.

Springtime means cherry blossoms in the nation's capital. On a recent breezy morning, with peak bloom still two days away, the Tidal Basin was packed with both blossoms and visitors.