31 August 2018
As the battle for power in the US Congress heats up it offers the best chance yet to address the lack of politicians with science backgrounds, says Shaughnessy Naughton
20 June 2018
The psychological and physical effects of serious trauma are likely to impact the children being separated from their families at the US border for years
8 June 2018
The road to the Singapore summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un has been marked by nuclear bluffs. Let's hope the talks are for real, says Christopher Boehm
5 June 2018
Theories of conflict and cooperation say the US risks self-harm if it sparks a big trade war. So what is Trump's real aim, wonders Petros Sekeris
16 May 2018
The US has demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to stick to its word on arms control deals. The result may be a return to the dark days of growing nuclear arsenals
27 March 2018
US Congress has passed its 2018 spending bill, which included the largest research budget increases in nearly a decade. It also clarifies gun violence research
2 February 2018
Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden
31 January 2018
Science journalism is about more than pure science. When powerful people of any political leaning go against the evidence, New Scientist cannot turn a blind eye
28 November 2017
You’re not imagining it: after 2016, the sophistication and civility of political discourse on sites like Reddit dropped from secondary school reading levels to barely literate
6 November 2017
Outlandish threats in the standoff between North Korea and Donald Trump are bluffs whose main aim is to bolster support at home, says game theorist Petros Sekeris
