← April 25, 2025

The Trump administration is impacting science and healthcare through budget cuts to addiction measures, potential seafloor mining, and actions affecting the FDA, National Science Foundation, and women's health initiatives. These actions are perceived as a conflict with science.

• Trump vs. Science — The New York Times Science - 12:09
• Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters — The New York Times Science - 00:00

Funding for women's health initiatives is being restored, while the Trump budget proposes ending the Narcan program and other addiction measures, raising concerns about public health.

• Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures. — The New York Times Science - 18:36
• F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs — The New York Times Science - 16:34
• Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures — The New York Times Science - 16:32

• Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative — The New York Times Science - 16:31

The National Science Foundation is terminating research awards, and a federal prosecutor is querying a medical journal, raising questions about the integrity of research and funding. Also, seafloor mining is being explored.

• ‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal — The New York Times Science - 17:37
• The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean? — The New York Times Science - 20:07
• National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards — The New York Times Science - 06:43

This section includes an obituary for David Paton, creator of the Flying Eye Hospital and an article regarding the physics of making perfect pour-over coffee.

• David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94 — The New York Times Science - 21:19
• The Physics of Perfect Pour-Over Coffee — The New York Times Science - 13:31