Trump is wrong – millions of Americans breathe badly polluted air
25 October 2018
President Trump claims the US has the world’s cleanest air, but he is ignoring urban pollution data while actively dismantling regulations that protect air quality
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Hey America, you can finally choose to elect people who rely on facts
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
Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt - and what happens next
9 July 2018
Scott Pruitt resigned from the US Environmental Protection Agency, and his successor is likely to continue gutting regulations that limit air and water pollution
Trump v Kim: The mind games that led to the Korea summit
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
What can game theory tell us about Trump's threats of trade war?
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
What to expect from the controversial new choice as NASA boss
25 April 2018
Republican politician Jim Bridenstine has taken the reins at NASA after a long battle. What will his appointment mean for the space agency, asks Samantha Murphy
When it comes to climate, Donald Trump is in a club by himself
8 November 2017
With pariah state Syria now backing the UN pact to curb global warming, the US stands against the other 195 nations of the world. What a disgrace, says Owen Gaffney
Maths can make sense of Trump’s ‘madman’ North Korea strategy
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
Narcissists aren’t very conservative but believe in inequality
23 October 2017
Probing the views and personalities of 2000 people has found that narcissists don't much care about traditional values, but they are more racially prejudiced
Trump’s U-turn may see Iran join North Korea as a nuclear state
16 October 2017
In refusing to recertify the Iran nuclear deal, US president Donald Trump risks creating another North Korea – as another Republican president did before him
