The National Science Foundation has fired workers at the office that manages polar research, raising fears about a reduced ...

Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other former U.S. national security officials on Tuesday warned that China was ...

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It wasn’t until the 1950 establishment of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the largest funding source for basic ...

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as ...

The federal agency that funds science research says the staff reduction came in response to a White House directive.

National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings ...

The NSF confirmed the layoffs to The Register in an email, saying it had dismissed 86 employees classified as probationary, ...

Pedee Middle School teacher Stacey Zaback received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching ...

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Science is valuable to society, but we will need to overcome these 3 challenges to fully maximize its potential for the ...