Possible new restrictions on scientific cooperation

 The journal "Science" is writing a piece about the "Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act," a bill currently being considered by the US Congress. While the article focuses on scientific cooperation between China and the US and the prospects for its repeal, this law also affects other countries and possibly researchers from other countries currently in the US.

https://www.science.org/content/article/lawmakers-propose-banning-all-u-s-chinese-research-collaborations

Lawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborations

Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent

• 27 May 2026
• 12:30 PM ET
• By Jeffrey Mervis

Revision of Radiation Safety Fundamentals

Trump's intention to increase permitted radiation doses has caused controversy over the linear nonthreshold (LNT) model that underlies modern nuclear safety.

Resolving the radiation risk debate

Emily A. Caffrey and Brant A. UlshAuthors
Science
23 Apr 2026
Vol 392, Issue 6796
p. 339
DOI: 10.1126/science.aei0907

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aei0907

Scientific nonsense for money

Science published an article about fake scientific article factories that sell authorship for money. What has long been known in the post-Soviet space is only now becoming widely known in the Western scientific community. Since the officials who allocate funds for science don't understand the meaning of scientific articles, but rather pay simply for the mere existence of publications, this continues:

Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds

Results are “only the tip of the iceberg” of shadowy paper-mill marketplace

    23 Apr 2026 5:00 PM ET By Jeffrey Brainard 

https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds