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The digitalisation paradox of everyday scientific labour: How mundane knowledge work is amplified and diversified in the biosciences

The digitalisation paradox of everyday scientific labour: How mundane knowledge work is amplified and diversified in the biosciences

This paper examines how automation and digitalisation influence the way everyday scientific work practices are organised and conducted. Drawing on a practice-based study of the field of synthetic biology, the paper uses ethnographic, interview and survey data to offer a sociomaterial and relational perspective of technological change.

The Mysteries of Cosmic Dust

The Mysteries of Cosmic Dust

Researchers of the ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS have closely analysed the characteristics of cosmic dust based on laboratory experiments and measurement data collected by space missions.

Global Food Insecurity and Famine from Reduced Crop, Marine Fishery and Livestock Production Due to Climate Disruption from Nuclear War Soot Injection

Global Food Insecurity and Famine from Reduced Crop, Marine Fishery and Livestock Production Due to Climate Disruption from Nuclear War Soot Injection

Calorie availability and extent of food shortages for each nation are estimated following regional or global nuclear war, including impacts on major crops, livestock and fishery production.

Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities

Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities

Though fictional, the book raises a very real question: Can the human capacity to imagine alternate climate futures actually help generate new, more hopeful realities?

Stowaways on NASA's Massive Moon Rocket Promise Big Science in Small Packages

Stowaways on NASA's Massive Moon Rocket Promise Big Science in Small Packages

CubeSats packed on Artemis 1 will target lunar ice-if their batteries don't fail them

Open Science is Facing Headwinds

Open Science is Facing Headwinds

Within the scientific community, the words "open science" have been on everyone's lips in recent years. Open science entails a great promise of a democracy of knowledge, and it is considered to be a universally good thing. 

How science is getting closer to a world without animal testing

How science is getting closer to a world without animal testing

New technology involving miniature human organs built in a lab is a step towards better treatments and ending a contentious practice.

The UK is Getting a New Prime Minister - What Will It Mean for Science?

The UK is Getting a New Prime Minister - What Will It Mean for Science?

Candidates face calls to prioritize research as the leadership contest heats up.

70 Years of the SNSF: from a Few Million to a Billion

70 Years of the SNSF: from a Few Million to a Billion

The SNSF has been awarding grants to research projects across all scientific disciplines since 1952. How has the amount of funding evolved over time?

US Climate Bill Success Masks Scale of Warming Challenge

US Climate Bill Success Masks Scale of Warming Challenge

Democrats in the US Senate are celebrating the passage of hugely significant bill on climate change - but what impact will it have, at home and abroad?

Dark Matter: An Invisible Glue That May Not Even Exist

Dark Matter: An Invisible Glue That May Not Even Exist

There's something in the universe that seems to hold everything together, a dark matter like glue. We can't see it, and yet it's got to be out there, right?

Temperatures Rising? Avoiding Division on Net Zero

Temperatures Rising? Avoiding Division on Net Zero

As action on climate change becomes ever more urgent, it requires ever greater public action. The next stage of the transition to net-zero emissions demands changes to the vehicles we drive, the way we heat our homes and our choices as consumers. 

Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities

Our Imaginations Can Help Create New Climate Possibilities

The human species' capacity to imagine can help create new and more hopeful climate realities and boost citizen engagement, researchers maintain.

Retracted Papers Are Used in Clinical Guidelines

Retracted Papers Are Used in Clinical Guidelines

Researchers found 127 systematic reviews and clinical guidelines that cited already retracted papers.

Will Anti-Vaccine Activism in the USA Reverse Global Goals?

Will Anti-Vaccine Activism in the USA Reverse Global Goals?

In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vaccine activism in the USA accelerated, forming an alliance with political groups and even extremists. An organized, well-funded anti-science movement now threatens all childhood immunizations.

Answering the Challenges to Open Access: The '5 Cs'

Answering the Challenges to Open Access: The '5 Cs'

How to ensure that policy communities can benefit from the increasing volume of research in order to deliver evidence-informed policy?