What's it like inside the National Weather Service right now? @evanbush.bsky.social and @chasecain.bsky.social got a rare look inside one local NWS office. They found dedicated people committed to the mission but an office that is unquestionably short-staffed. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

A seafloor volcano, off the Oregon coast, is preparing to blow.

The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures. Now, many are looking abroad.

Top scientists are cutting staff. Postdocs are leaving the country. Promising students – can't find labs. How the Trump cuts to science are playing out. @uwnews.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/science/inno...

Scientists say a generation of biomedical researchers are having their careers scrambled by cuts/slowdowns to federal science funding and the uncertainty that has followed. And young scientists say they are seeking opportunities from, or being recruited by institutions in China, Europe and Canada.

U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures “viewpoint diversity,” raising eyebrows among scientists and first amendment groups www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Funding for the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s expires at month’s end, amid an unprecedented stall in federal research funding. Patient care, long-term studies and 4,000 brains donated for research hang in the balance. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The faces behind the NOAA cuts: A scientist who sends out tsunami alerts. A veteran who flies through hurricanes for data. A researcher who helped built next generation hurricane models. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

As their ranks diminish, park rangers say fewer employees could mean long entry lines, dirty bathrooms and potentially unsafe conditions for hikers and campers.

NEW: The hiring freeze ordered last month by President Trump continues to stall onboarding of firefighters and could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells me. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...

“This is simply the end.” The Trump administration’s blitz on federal workers and research institutions has some scientists, doctors and university leaders in fear that science itself is under siege. @nbcnews.com