If the proposal passes, it will damage one of the most rigorous, productive and valuable scientific enterprises in the world.

The agency wants to bulwark defenses for its scientists, but critics question whether its guidelines are strong enough. EPA is drawing closer to cementing President Joe Biden’s plans for protecting ...

(Beyond Pesticides, February 12, 2024) Public Comments Due February 23, 2024. As the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) takes public comments on its updated scientific integrity policy (until ...

The first agency within the Biden administration to rewrite its policy to protect career federal scientists from political influence as required by the White House has taken some positive steps, ...

“Trust the science,” they said. “Science” was all knowing. “Science” could not be questioned. “Science” seemingly could not be changed. It had reached the level of doctrine. Any deviation became ...

Had Nocera mentioned them, he might also have mentioned one of their major conclusions: that the scientific integrity crisis is part and parcel of the larger irreproducibility crisis—which is of a ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order late last week, mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies, to ensure that the federal government promotes “gold standard science” that ...

This workshop will bring together researchers, journal editors, publishers, funders, and scientific association leaders to identify practical, forward-looking strategies for strengthening data ...

Public trust in science has eroded in part because of a growing perception that researchers selectively present data to fit predetermined agendas. The scientific method, at its core, is designed to ...