How a speculative story about dead and missing scientists went from the fringe to the White House

Where did a story about a purported pattern of dead or missing scientists come from?

Enough partisan zealotry from the California Coastal Commission

In a not-so-stunning admission this week, the California Coastal Commission conceded political bias — and apologized. That’s ...

How much should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board’s ousting resurrects an existential debate

The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question ...

Resurrecting a discredited theory on COVID’s origin, DOJ indicts an ex-Fauci aide over old emails

David Morens tried to keep a scientific discussion under wraps. Trump's latest anti-science attack explains why ...
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What we know about the missing and dead scientists fueling conspiracy theories

Viral posts link deaths and disappearances to UFO programs and nuclear secrets. Here’s what’s known — and what doesn’t hold ...