Strengthen Links Between Science and High Finance
Influential studies have helped regulators to spot problems at banks and step in before they spread. But, as the events of the past month show, stability must not be allowed to breed complacency.
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To Avoid an AI "Arms Race," the World Needs to Expand Scientific Collaboration
To Avoid an AI "Arms Race," the World Needs to Expand Scientific Collaboration
What should be done to manage AI and other technological advances that pose catastrophic risks? What the world should have done with nuclear technology: Expand scientific collaboration and avoid secrecy.
Leaving Academia for Industry? Here's How to Handle Salary Negotiations
Biden's Science Adviser on the US Push to Compete with China
Arati Prabhakar speaks to Nature about innovation, science's role in political decision-making and taking the reins after scandal.
Verunmöglichte Forschung? Internationaler Wettbewerb Versus Transnationale Solidarität Im Wissenschafstbetrieb
Verunmöglichte Forschung? Internationaler Wettbewerb Versus Transnationale Solidarität Im Wissenschafstbetrieb
Auch die Wissenschaft ficht Arbeitskämpfe aus. In Deutschland wurde das Reformvorhaben zum Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) zurecht von den betroffenen Wissenschaftler:innen abgelehnt. Aber statt der vorgetragenen Sorge um die "internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" der deutschen Wissenschaft wäre transnationale Solidarität angesichts vielerorts ähnlicher neoliberaler Regierungsmechanismen gefragt.
What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what's really happening under the hood?
Horizon Europe and Life Sciences Policy in the UK
Open Access Government investigates some of the UK's Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's remit, including Horizon Europe and life sciences
Soft Power, Hard Choices: Science Diplomacy and the Race for Solutions
Applying the latest scientific insight and evidence is the starting point for science diplomacy. Three experts shine a light on the missing links between the two.
Is Open Science Left in the Dust?
For a lot of fields other than computer science, open science is not a norm.
OpenAI's Big Lesson for Science Policy
The incredible success of Large Language Models like ChatGPT is both a scientific breakthrough and a boon for future scientific discovery. What is Open AI's role in this?
A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
Utilizing data from Twitter and applying natural language processing artificial intelligence algorithms, researchers created a new, accurate prediction model for depression and anxiety.
Effect of export opportunity on the demand for skilled migrants and their next generation's education: Evidence from China
Thinking Allowed - Elite Universities - Working Class Students
Elite universities and the lives of working class academics.
British Science Will Not Flourish Outside EU-Horizon Scheme, Academics Warn
Experts insist successes of Brussels' 95bn programme could never be replicated by a UK-only substitute.
These Drag Artists Are Making Science More Accessible
Drag performers, like Pattie Gonia and Kyne, are using social media to bring science communication to a wider audience.
Transforming Science and Policy to Solve Generational Challenges
The One Environment-One Health framework proposes new research and policy solutions that better informs the complex interactions among environmental, social and economic systems.
Science Superpowers Need Supercharged Investment
Setting out his vision for the economy in January, Jeremy Hunt turned to what, in the past six months, has become the easiest joke in the book for speechwriters: "I asked ChatGPT to craft the opening lines of this speech. Who needs politicians when you have AI?"Artificial intelligence is only one o
Weaving Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing Can Help Canada Achieve Its Biodiversity Goals
Weaving Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing Can Help Canada Achieve Its Biodiversity Goals
Canada's commitment to halt biodiversity loss can only be realized by weaving together Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge.
CERN/NASA Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science
In celebration of the 2023 Year of Open Science, CERN and NASA are jointly organizing "Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science", a week long open science summit at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 14 July 2023.
Research Community Gears Up for Talks on Next EU Research Programme
Horizon Europe has just entered the third of seven years for which it runs, but Brussels is already eyeing the next seven-year research programme.
Split-site Doctorates Are Helping to Build Africa's Research Base
University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits.
Little Transparency and Equity in Scientific Awards for Early- and Mid-career Researchers in Ecology and Evolution
Little Transparency and Equity in Scientific Awards for Early- and Mid-career Researchers in Ecology and Evolution
An analysis of the eligibility rules, assessment criteria and potential gender bias in best researcher and best paper awards from broad-scope ecology and evolution journals and societies shows a lack of assessment transparency, few attempts to foster equitable access and minimal consideration of open science.
Security Risks: How to Keep the Global Science System Open
In an era of stricter securitisation of research, more thoughtfulness and better professional judgement may be required from global research.
Are Science and Technology Friends or Foes?
Does research based on a well-defined technological outcome hamper our ability to be creative? And does it limit opportunities to explore and develop fundamental areas of science that may ultimately lead to applications we hadn't even thought of yet?
Stop Gap Measures Put in Place to Help Ukrainian Scientists Are Maturing into Closer Ties
Stop Gap Measures Put in Place to Help Ukrainian Scientists Are Maturing into Closer Ties
The Foundation for Polish Science recently extended its For Ukraine programme, launching a third call, open for proposals until 4 April from pairs of scientists working in tandem, one from Ukraine who can be living anywhere, and one employed in Poland.
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