#ScienceEditorial
"Policy-makers need a sounder understanding of which climate-related risks pose a threat to the financial system and macroeconomy, as well as the potential channels through which those risks operate," write William Pizer and James Stock in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4hVSnqX
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"[Marine laboratories] have long nurtured generations of scientists … and precipitated discoveries that have advanced modern science. Yet they now face an uncertain future" write Susan Fitzpatrick and Jane Maienschein in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4ocWdOC
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“It’s time to bypass the UN negotiating process to empower states genuinely committed to ending plastic pollution,” write Peter Dauvergne and Jen Iris Allan in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4mP9D1U
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.

In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"Treating careful scholarship as somehow less important than the acquisition of data can adversely affect the reliability of the scientific record and consequently, the course of science," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4mqrKet
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"The United States cannot waste any more time and resources if it is to maintain a robust scientific enterprise that is the equal of any in the world," write Alan I. Leshner and Alex M. Helman in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/46qXRVu
September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"As multilateralism falters and geopolitical rivalries intensify, nations are putting greater emphasis on science and technology as strategic assets," write Vaughan C. Turekian and Peter Gluckman in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/45K3gqk
August 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"To protect public health everywhere, air quality standards must be modernized, advanced instrumentation mobilized, and collaborative networks established to move air quality assessment into the 21st century," note @kprather.bsky.social and Kelley Barsanti in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/41BFV80
March 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"... [science] philanthropy [can] not fill a void left by draconian cuts in federal support. It can, however, continue to play a valuable role as a new reality unfolds," writes Adam Falk in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/40nIryY
July 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“… US President Donald Trump’s misguided announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate continues a long history of confusion … over the intersection of climate science and US climate policy,” writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4gZHWRS
January 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In a new #ScienceEditorial, Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd address concerning impacts of “Schedule F” increasing the number of political appointees at federal agencies like the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4kcAnIX
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“We hope Science better delivers the content that matters most to you, our readers, including in a form that you can hold in your hands, carry with you, and share with others,” write Creative Director Beth Rakouskas and Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4cWYfhe
May 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"The Trump administration has proposed [a] … 15% cap on reimbursements for indirect costs, which would be devastating and shortsighted. The research community can and should offer a workable alternative," write Jennifer Lodge and Richard Stanton in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/46cd5O2
September 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
More and more authors are engaging with post-publication discussion—offering clarifications, corrections, and insights. Author comments on PubPeer have grown dramatically over the past decade, as shown in the graph below.

Scientific dialogue doesn’t end at publication. #ScienceEditorial
February 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“As the Trump administration continues to drastically defund and dismantle basic science in America, the United States is presenting other countries with opportunities to take the lead …” writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/43R82B5
June 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"In naming ... lenacapavir as the 2024 #BOTY, Science acknowledges the next, but by no means final, step in the drive to fight HIV/AIDS, where the rigors of the laboratory and the needs of humanity are inseparable," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in this week's #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4g9kjG4
December 13, 2024 at 2:19 PM
In a #ScienceEditorial last year, Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp argues that science needs neurodiversity.
Science needs neurodiversity
All brains work differently. Individuals process information and engage with the world in ways that are influenced by a multitude of biological, cultural, and social factors. In the world of science, these differences are what spark innovation. This is ...
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April 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a new #ScienceEditorial, Creative Director Beth Rakouskas and Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp lay out the redesign’s journey, which began with a survey of those who read the print version of Science. scim.ag/4cWYfhe
May 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The [#AsilomarConference's] output may have made it more difficult for scientists to take seriously global public concerns about emerging technologies …," writes Shobita Parthasarathy in a #ScienceEditorial on viewing Asilomar from the Global South. scim.ag/4gJQ1sS
February 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Is the Green Agenda Paving the Way for a Dangerous Technocratic Dictatorship? The Hidden Dangers Behind the Push for Global Sustainability
Editorial: The Road to a Green Technocratic Future - Can We Avoid the Pitfalls?In recent decades, the world has faced an escalating series of ecological crises. From climate change to resource depleti...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For this #ScienceEditorial, @holdenthorp.bsky.social spoke with Harvard's Danielle Allen about her recent essay in The Atlantic, where she "suggested that a new relationship is needed between universities and the American people.” Read their conversation in a new Editor’s Blog post: scim.ag/4iU4oMg
A conversation with Danielle Allen
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May 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"[Research universities] are behind the breakthroughs that shape daily lives. Undermining them doesn’t just jeopardize higher education, it threatens national and global strength," writes University of Rhode Island president Marc B. Parlange in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4ky2K4I
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"At a time when forces are trying to distract and disrupt the scientific enterprise, doing the important work of finding and sharing the truth is now a great act of resistance," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4m8s3f0
May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"… it is the words and actions of all members of the scientific community … that form the collective voice of science …," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hR6ux0
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"These [NIH indirect cost reimbursement] cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together to make the case for the American system of research and teaching,” writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4b2nv4D
February 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM