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A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation ...

Revenue ideas include taxes on bottled water, liquor, plastic bags and retail deliveries and restoring a $4-a-month employee head tax. Cost-cutting options include flexible furlough days for city ...

The reconstitution of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, rechristened with an “Independent” in front of its name, is a ...

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Colleges and universities need to collect data on students' parenting status to better support student parents, who are less ...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which since 2010 has gathered emissions data from about 8,000 large facilities, drawing sharp criticism from ...

Mass General Brigham leading experts have identified the "Big Ideas in Medicine" list consisting of 12 innovative ideas to ...

Erika McEntarfer, who was fired as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month, said official notice of her dismissal came as a complete surprise in a short email from the White House.

A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...

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Scientists from the laboratory of Dr. Tomáš Pluskal at IOCB Prague are helping colleagues around the world identify previously unknown compounds. They have created an extensive library called MSnLib, ...