Why Carnegie’s Libraries Are Getting $10,000 Checks

There are still dozens of library branches that were built by Andrew Carnegie in the city. The Carnegie Corporation is giving them gifts.

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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

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She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.

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Trump’s Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left

Facing a nascent administration investigation, Alex Soros privately pledged that the Open Society Foundations would back down only “over my dead body.”

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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

Democrats are calling for the creation of a state equivalent of the National Institutes of Health, but first state lawmakers and then voters would need to approve it.

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A New Way to Reduce Children’s Deaths: Cash

Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young children by nearly half, a new study found.

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Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump

As President Trump dismantles the country’s efforts to fight climate change, environmental groups are back on their heels.

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Trump Administration Violated Order on U.C.L.A. Grant Terminations, Judge Says

Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the National Science Foundation to restore grants awarded to the university, which she said had been suspended in defiance of the court.

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Humanities Endowment Funds Trump’s Priorities After Ending Old Grants

The $34.8 million allocated by the National Endowment for the Humanities leans toward presidents, statesmen and the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary.

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Judge Declines to Order Trump Administration to Restore Research Cuts

A group of 16 states sued after the National Science Foundation terminated hundreds of millions of dollars in funding that had previously been awarded to research institutions.

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