The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) science programs are poised to get a windfall of $1.5 billion over 5 years in the massive climate and health care bill awaiting final passage later this week by the House of Representatives. The money is primarily for the construction of new facilities and major upgrades funded by DOE’s $7.5 billion Office of Science, although the bill does...
The James Webb Space Telescope has only been watching the sky for a few weeks, and it has already delivered a startling finding: tens, hundreds, maybe even 1000 times more bright galaxies in the early universe than astronomers anticipated. “No one was expecting anything like this,” says Michael Boylan-Kolchin of the University of Texas, Austin. “Galaxies are exploding out...
Finding against Danielle Dixson vindicates whistleblowers who questioned high-profile work on ocean acidification
Faculty members could be required to report information shared with them in confidence. ArnoMassee/istock.com When Allison Cipriano read the U.S. Department of Education’s recently proposed amendments to Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting sexual discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funding, she was...