Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial crises and global conflicts, funding for U.S. research and innovation has remained remarkably stable[1], reflecting the American public’s strong support[2] for investing in basic science.
In his first year back in office, President Donald...
A young woman starts to become suspicious of her cellphone. She notices it listing Wi-Fi networks she does not recognize, and the photos on her contact cards seem to mysteriously change at random times. One day she tries to make a call and just hears static on the line. She begins to think that someone – or an entire organization –...
Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive[1]. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.
I am a neuroscientist[2] who studies how brain cells drive visual...
There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth[1]. Most of them, like the International Space Station[2] and the Hubble Telescope[3], reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface.
But as more and more satellites are launched into LEO – SpaceX’s Starlink...