Help keep Salon independent

Topic: Science

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / )

Attacks on benefits erode democracy

Nicole Karlis
Hand holding half of a lemon (Black Lollipop/ Getty Images )

Why I crave the sourest bite

Joy Saha
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why MAGA hates science so much

Kirk Swearingen
Meera G. Nair, Ph.D., and Declan F. McCole, Ph.D., AGAF, professors of biomedical sciences at the University of California, Riverside, observe intestinal epithelial cells on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Anjali Sharif-Paul/MediaNewsGroup/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images)

Donald Trump's nuclear war on science

Heather Digby Parton
Advertisement:
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Doubt: A crucial act of resistance

Frenk van Harreveld
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally at First Horizon Coliseum on November 02, 2024 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The hidden agenda of America first

Heather Digby Parton
A man measures the leaves of the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower at Palupuah Forest, Agam District, West Sumatra, Indonesia on September 16, 2024. (Getty Images / Anadolu / Contributor)

Flowers that stink: It's science!

Troy Farah
Man walking on Penrose triangle. (Getty Images / francescoch)

Don’t fight uncertainty — embrace it

Clayton Dalton
Advertisement:
(Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / SCIEPRO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Shutter2U)

"De-extincting" species is a distraction

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Row of medical vials and syringe. (A. Martin UW Photography / Getty Images)

Trump betting on old vaccine tech

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Climate change, conceptual illustration. (Getty Images / MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Chaos is the essence of climate change

Gernot Wagner
Golden-crowned Sparrow. (picaday / Getty Images)

"Drab" species are studied less: study

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Advertisement:
Render of Planet Earth. (DrPixel / Getty Images)

NASA closer to predicting space weather

Elizabeth Howell
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The problem of RFK's phony autism pledge

Amanda Marcotte
Satellite hurtling through space burning up as it enters the atmosphere. (PaulFleet / Getty Images)

Falling space debris: A growing threat

Joanna Thompson
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff in "The White Lotus" and a Cerbera odollam tree (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Jouan/Rius / Gamma-Rapho / Fabio Lovino/HBO)

The truth of deadly "White Lotus" fruit

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Advertisement:
Illustration of vapour plumes erupting from the surface of Enceladus, Saturns sixth largest moon, created on July 26, 2018. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Antarctic ice informs search for aliens

Elizabeth Howell
Meteorologist Brian Kyle monitors the area weather at the National Weather Service offices Monday, May 23, 2022 in Dickinson. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

NOAA cuts pose climate risk experts warn

Joshua Cohen - Undark
Neuronal network, conceptual illustration. (CHRISTOPH BURGSTEDT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Are concept neurons what make us human?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

You don't want to throw a measles party

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Advertisement:
Megalodon from prehistoric times scene 3D illustration, though the ancient shark probably didn't look like this. (Warpaintcobra / Getty Images)

Megalodon even bigger than we thought

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Poultry farmer Josh Frye churns out biochar from chicken waste and wood chips, turning it into a valuable fertilizing substance which is also environmentally clean on November 26, 2008 in Wardensville, West Virginia. (Photo by Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images)

Keeping carbon trapped for eons

Matt Simon - Grist
A man who did not want to be identified holds up a sign while standing along Broadway as he joins hundreds of others during a large rally and protest outside of NOAA in Boulder, Colorado on March 3, 2025. (Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Government scientists: We're "pissed"

Matthew Rozsa
Child holding a small plant (Getty Images/lovelyday12)

How plant biology mirrors our own

Carlyn Zwarenstein
« Previous
Page: 1
Next »
Advertisement: