Congress returns, with a long science to-do list and not much time
Funding bills and efforts to remake science policy on the agenda
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Russian scientists bracing for massive job losses
Downsizing presented as price to pay for higher salaries -
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to support U.S. research and education
Long-awaited reauthorization of COMPETES Act strikes right notes, lobbyists say -
STEM educators fear spending bill undermines goal of new U.S. law
Senate panel would give $300 million to new grants program that covers many fields -
Fusion megaproject confirms 5-year delay, trims costs
ITER delegates now look to stump up cash -
Elsewhere in Science: Funding, online research subjects, and more
NIH budget … Psychologists depend on online subjects … Funding African-American researchers … Active learning helps retention … Working Life -
In effort to understand continuing racial disparities, NIH to test for bias in study sections
New data confirming lower success rates for African-Americans prompt pilot studies -
NIH gets $2 billion boost in Senate spending bill
Agency would receive large raise for 2 years in a row after more than a decade of flat budgets -
Elsewhere in Science: Open access, Dance Your Ph.D., and more
Open access in Europe … Funding in France and the United States … Dance Your Ph.D. … Reproducibility and transparency … Summer reading … Working Life -
New overtime rule applies to postdocs regardless of teaching duties
U.S. Department of Labor clarifies that science postdocs are not covered by the rule's teaching exemption -
U.K. government isn’t tracking policy-related research
Report calls for prompt release of agency-funded studies after finding evidence of delays -
Postdoc mysteries
Three recent developments add some questions for postdocs’ lives and career outlooks -
Elsewhere in Science: Funding Zika research, countering implicit bias, and more
Sharing clinical data … President Obama pushes for Zika funding … New Science editor-in-chief … French budget cuts … Implicit bias in peer review … Working Life -
U.S. should stick with troubled ITER fusion project, secretary of energy recommends
But the effort will require more money, which Congress may not give -
Zika funding too low in House, Senate bills, Obama says
President insists $1.9 billion is needed to protect the United States against the virus -
Elsewhere in Science: Small business grants, preprint servers, and more
What NSF funds … Brexit … Small Business Innovation Research program controversy … New overtime rule implications … Accelerating Science and Publication in biology … Working Life
