David Malakoff

Tam Dao helped NIH investigate Chinese scientists as an FBI agent. Now he's got a grant to find out whether foreign intervention is even a problem at US universities www.science.org/content/arti...

It's a big day of the year for climate nerds who follow AMOC: the RAPID array has posted the newest update of their 20-year timeseries monitoring the strength of the overturning circulation. The takeaway is still muddled. In 2024, it jumped back up in strength, after several years of weakening.

“People ask, ‘We know you use Hawk-Eye to grade the umpires, but who grades Hawk-Eye?’” | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Could your chatbot tip off a scientific rival? It’s possible, researchers say. But here are some tips for keeping sensitive research private. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Did an AI or human write that paper? New detector decides by examining its ideas | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Watch: Science's @tomhowarth.bsky.social delves intoOpenAI's remarkable -- and controversial -- release of hundreds of AI-generated math solutions. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Archaeology megafirm abruptly shuts down | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Amazing story from @celinazhao.bsky.social. First time, I’m pretty sure, we’ve interviewed an AI agent for a story. Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“We’re actually deeply concerned here because we don’t really know why these things are communicating this way." www.science.org/content/arti...

Department of Energy bets on ‘open’ AI models for science | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“Chilling” warning or overreaction? AI bioweapons report divides experts | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How an AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Outrage greets NIH pact that could funnel biodefense research funds to Pentagon | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Some business news: Pleased to announce today was my first day as Director, Science Policy News, at the American Institute of Physics. We're best known for FYI: Science Policy News www.aip.org/fyi the long-running weekly newsletter and news platform for science insiders. More TK.

独家披露：一名女孩在中国基因编辑试验中死亡，此事从未对外公开 | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

278 winner now have 9 months to show they deserve additional funding for using AI in research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Chatbots can help perpetuate stigma around certain health conditions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“We expect doctors to disclose, we expect politicians to disclose, and of course scientists and researchers too. Why not philosophers?” Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Major Ukraine research center damaged in Russian strikes | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Next month, a research vessel shaped like a bowler hat or an alien spaceship, depending on who you ask, is scheduled to depart from France for the Arctic. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

Researchers caught in the crossfire as companies and government grapple over AI safety | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

An early story from Science's new AI In Science Reporting Initiative, from Celina Zhao: AI models can spot loopholes in laws and regulations, and then exploit them -- with no concern for the consequences. It's the 'paperclip problem' on steroids. www.science.org/content/arti...

An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:

Recently on the @science.org podcast, @kakape.bsky.social talks with digital forensics expert Hany Farid about the never-ending battle against fake imagery and why Farid is not giving up. Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

Herpetologist Alejandro Arteaga has won accolades for his efforts to identify and protect Ecuador’s reptiles and amphibians. But his methods have entangled him in controversy. https://scim.ag/4ePKBQ4

Trump fires NSF's oversight board | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I actually wrote something for a change: a look at how the US scientific community is trying to push back on Trump policy changes they oppose. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. senator asks Science to provide its coronavirus manuscripts, emails | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Sand mining threatens Asia's largest lake | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“There is direct interference from the White House here.” Argentina’s move to woo Trump has derailed South America’s largest radio telescope | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“One of the most important things we teach human scientists is how to have good scientific taste. And I don’t know how we will teach AI that.” At futuristic meeting, AIs took the lead in producing and reviewing all the studies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

“It feels like getting hit by a car right after you’ve barely survived a train wreck.” As U.S. shutdown drags on, ‘it’s just one blow after another’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Great story from one of our wonderful photo editors at Science, Charles Borst: What’s it like to tell someone she won a Nobel Prize? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Renowned U.S. climate center trims staff ahead of expected budget cuts | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I joined a team of ecologists wading through the muck of the Carolina coast in search of "ghost forests" killed by rising seas for @science.org. We were guided by a a new map that reveals millions of dead trees standing along the East Coast, marking an overlooked consequence of climate change...

"… as I helped this bright young scholar rediscover hope in her journey, I rediscovered my own." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/473CI43

Linda Guamán and Xiména Abarca fought bravely through humiliation, ignorance, and threats of a 10-year prison sentence to defend their scientific expertise that ultimately saved thousands in Quito during the pandemic. My follow-up story for @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Ecuadorian scientists cleared of criminal charges in COVID-19 testing case | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

"I was thrilled to be on an exchange semester overseas, but I saw it as just a detour from my imagined career path. I didn’t realize I was already pedaling toward a different life—one that would make me reassess how to achieve a fulfilling research career." https://scim.ag/46EZ2kj