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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Four Women Whose Pioneering Contributions to Science Have Been Largely Overlooked

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Four Women Whose Pioneering Contributions to Science Have Been Largely Overlooked

Ethel Browne Harvey, Hilde Pröscholdt Mangold, Ida Henrietta Hyde and Marthe Gautier all made important contributions to developmental biology, but their names are largely absent from histories of science.

Is UK Science in Jeopardy? Huge Funding Reforms Spark Chaos and Anxiety

Is UK Science in Jeopardy? Huge Funding Reforms Spark Chaos and Anxiety

Major reforms to the United Kingdom's national research funding agency are aimed at boosting the nation's economy.

UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities

UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities

Researchers say best scientists are taking posts overseas because of lack of job stability at home

US Grant Applicants Surge at Prestigious European Research Agency

US Grant Applicants Surge at Prestigious European Research Agency

Rush for funds to relocate laboratories to Europe is latest hint of a US brain drain.

UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants

UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants

The boss of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the public body which spends £8bn of taxpayer money each year on research and innovation in the UK, has warned the organisation faces "hard decisions" on funding future projects.

Transportation Department Plans to Use AI to Write Regulations

Transportation Department Plans to Use AI to Write Regulations

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews.

The 2025 State of Open Data Report: Can Technology Push Openness Forward?

The 2025 State of Open Data Report: Can Technology Push Openness Forward?

The report examines the current state of open data as reflected in the 2025 survey results, as well as how attitudes and practices have evolved over the past decade.

We Need to Move Beyond the Accept/Reject Binary in Peer Review

We Need to Move Beyond the Accept/Reject Binary in Peer Review

Binary reject/accept peer review has become conflated with validation. The authors outline three myths sustaining this confusion and how we might escape it.