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White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina Tartari find that the demands of childcare and mobility constraints, reinforced by the nature of research work, are the key drivers for women's differing career trajectories.

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

Women's participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship - markers of key scientific achievements - have barely shifted over the past decade.

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers

New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers

Queen Mary University researchers have developed a new AI-powered framework designed to help scientists review and analyse vast amounts of literature faster, more transparently, and with greater human oversight.

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

A new rule would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international collaboration, limit funding for publication fees, and make other alterations to the funding review process.

A Rule That Would Rewrite the Terms of U.S. Science

A Rule That Would Rewrite the Terms of U.S. Science

The Office of Management and Budget has proposed sweeping revisions to the regulations that govern all federal grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of federal financial assistance.

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

The Trump administration's proposal aims to improve transparency in federal funding, but critics fear the proposed rules would politicize research

How Countries Write Their AI Strategies - Mapping the Many Models of Governance

How Countries Write Their AI Strategies - Mapping the Many Models of Governance

In penning their national AI strategies governments are not only deciding how to regulate AI. They are also defining what AI should deliver, from economic growth to public-sector transformation. 

ORFG Releases Funder Policy Landscape Analysis and Recommendations: 2026

ORFG Releases Funder Policy Landscape Analysis and Recommendations: 2026

The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) just released its 2026 Funder Policy Landscape Analysis Report and Recommendations. This report analyses access-to-research policies of ORFG members and other private funders of open research and open outputs.
 

The Hill I will Die On: If Hollywood Blockbusters Must Dabble in Science, Can’t They Get the Small Stuff Right?

The Hill I will Die On: If Hollywood Blockbusters Must Dabble in Science, Can’t They Get the Small Stuff Right?

Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship’s roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me wince.