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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

While NSF is still reviewing how its grants comply with Trump executive orders, it says it will continue to paying existing grants ...

Texas, says the National Science Foundation has given money to thousands of "woke DEI" studies. Researchers say that's ...

If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look ...

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Cruz's October 2024 report titled "How the Biden-Harris NSF Politicized Science," according to NPR's NSF sources. It's unclear what will happen to flagged grants. NSF has resumed funding existing ...

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