Nuclear weapons might seem to be a purely political issue at first glance. Some scientists, however, are calling on their colleagues to join the conversation. In her March 21 talk at Georgetown ...

With the presidential nominating process set to kick off tonight in Iowa, Science magazine published today profiles of the leading contenders and their stands on science-related policy issues. A ...

In 2022, Wellcome Connecting Science, a genomic science program funded by the Wellcome Trust, organized a citizens’ jury to ask whether the U.K. government should allow scientists to edit the DNA of ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science. In April 2020, 14 percent ...