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18/06/2026

Your Summer Reading Challenge questions, answered. We look forward to seeing your completed bingo cards and the books you read to accomplish them!

Download the bingo card and learn more about how to participate at the đź”— in bio.

   

Since 2025 the Trump administration has cut more than 7,800 grants, removed 25,000 scientists and related personnel from...
18/06/2026

Since 2025 the Trump administration has cut more than 7,800 grants, removed 25,000 scientists and related personnel from their jobs, and, as of January 2026, proposed budget cuts equaling about $32 billion. Between lost funding and stalled programs, the young scientists of today are facing uncertainty in the job market and the possibility of having to leave the U.S. or, in some cases, leave science completely.

The country has faced these kinds of challenges before. Administrations hostile to evidence have previously worked to dismantle the U.S. scientific enterprise. Many science historians point to similarities between the eras of Donald Trump and Richard Nixon and the ways these presidents sowed distrust of science among Americans to push their agendas. In the administrations that followed Nixon, science regained both money and status. Will such a pattern repeat this time around?

The solution may come from young scientists who take on the task of rebuilding science as a profession. They may need to use a new blueprint. They may need to invent their future. But first they need to survive the present. http://spklr.io/6000E3tNg

Read the full issue, “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of science and innovation in the U.S. http://spklr.io/6004E3tLE

J. Craig Venter was a pioneer in the fields of human genomics and synthetic biology, pursuits that both put him in the s...
18/06/2026

J. Craig Venter was a pioneer in the fields of human genomics and synthetic biology, pursuits that both put him in the spotlight and earned him the label of “controversial.”

Venter, who died at age 79 in April, led a number of trailblazing efforts that transformed our understanding of biology. In 1995 he published the first bacterial genome sequence; Venter and the government-backed Human Genome Project announced the first fully sequenced human genome. He also created the first synthetic, self-replicating bacterial cell in 2010.

In his final interview, the “swashbuckling” geneticist pointed the way for science. http://spklr.io/6003E3tLD

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of science and innovation in the U.S. http://spklr.io/6004E3tLE

The science enterprise has been under threat since last January, when President Donald Trump took office for the second ...
17/06/2026

The science enterprise has been under threat since last January, when President Donald Trump took office for the second time and began slashing programs and implementing major funding cuts to dozens of government departments and agencies. Morale among scientists is low, and government scientists have left their jobs in droves.

We spoke with scientists, researchers and university leaders at several of the nation’s top institutions to understand how the scientific community is faring. Against the depressing backdrop, there remain positive signs in fields including Alzheimer’s and dementia research, artificial intelligence, and protein design.

Read to learn more. http://spklr.io/6002E3qOj

Read our latest issue which includes stories of extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of science and innovation in the U.S. http://spklr.io/6007E3qz7

17/06/2026

Allie Balter-Kennedy goes to some of the harshest places on Earth to try to predict how a warming climate will impact the planet’s ice sheets. She is part of Scientific American’s inaugural class of Young American Scientists. Learn more about her research via the link in bio.

See the full list of honorees: sciam.com/youngscientists

American Science is at a crossroads, facing funding cuts, a flood of misinformation, and an exodus of talent. And yet yo...
17/06/2026

American Science is at a crossroads, facing funding cuts, a flood of misinformation, and an exodus of talent. And yet you'll find passionate, hardworking scientists who are still dedicating their lives to the advancement of knowledge.

These young scientists are making waves in their own ways. Keep an eye on them—great things are ahead. http://spklr.io/6008E3qy4

Read the full issue, "The Young American Scientists," which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of science and innovation in the U.S. http://spklr.io/6007E3qz7

17/06/2026

Allie Balter-Kennedy goes to some of the harshest places on Earth to try to predict how a warming climate will impact the planet’s ice sheets. She is part of Scientific American's inaugural class of Young American Scientists. Learn more about her research: http://spklr.io/6007E3qKU

See the full list of honorees: sciam.com/youngscientists

16/06/2026

We asked the world’s top researchers a simple question: Who are the best, most intriguing early-career scientists in the U.S. today? We then read through nominations, mined scientific journals and performed a rigorous data analysis to choose the inaugural class of Young American Scientists. 

These 28 researchers are breaking boundaries, creating monumental tools to explore the unknown and answering some of the toughest questions on Earth, if not in the universe. They come from all walks of life, work across different fields and see science as a calling, even in these times of deep funding cuts and ignored evidence. These young scientists work in cancer biology, deep space, artificial intelligence, human behavior, and much more. They are the future of the American scientific enterprise. 

Here we present the 2026 class of Scientific American Young American Scientists.

 

Photos by: Christie Hemm Klok, Tony Luong
Videography by: Jeffery DelViscio, Marta Hill, Kelso Harper, Carin Leong
Illustration: Max-o-matic
Music: TripleScoop

Filmed in part at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, California (Exploratorium) and Museum of Science, Boston (Museum of Science).

Three quarters of U.S. researchers who responded to a poll conducted last March were thinking about moving abroad. Last ...
16/06/2026

Three quarters of U.S. researchers who responded to a poll conducted last March were thinking about moving abroad.

Last year the National Science Foundation terminated about $1 billion in grants and fired 10 percent of its employees. At the National Institutes of Health, grants amounting to more than $1.8 billion were canceled. By early 2026 more than 10,000 people with STEM Ph.D.s had lost or left their jobs because of federal workforce cuts.

For many scientists from the U.S., moving abroad has become a lifeline: a way to pursue world-class research without fighting against the funding cuts and disruptive policies currently stifling American science.

“There is an immeasurable level of anxiety.”

Read to learn more: http://spklr.io/6004E3mo2

Check out the full issue, where we take an unflinching look at the threats facing science today and offer hope for a competitive future: http://spklr.io/6006E3m2j

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