Though the Cold War ended long ago, the language of science and freedom continues to shape public debates over the relationship between science and politics in the United States. From the late 1940’s ...

Freedom of Science in America There is a present danger that American research may be stifled. In technical skill and inventiveness the United States has been pre-eminent; but for basic research in ...

In his hot seat on the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Henry DeWolf Smyth (author of the famed Smyth Report) has found time for reflection. He concludes in the current American Scientist that “in the ...

We are at a critical time and supporting science journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen scientific ...

SO much has been said recently upon the subjects of academic freedom and intellectual liberty that there is a tendency for the terms to become catchwords, as in the much-used phrase “Poverty in the ...