The True Cost of Undervaluing Our Forests
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Australia's Clever Birds Did Not Consent to This Science Experiment
The magpies showed their smarts by helping one another remove tracking harnesses that scientists carefully placed on them.
Crocodiles Just Wanna Have Fun, Too
Crocodilians engage in all three main types of play distinguished by behavior specialists: locomotor play, play with objects and social play. Crocodiles have also been seen playing with other animals.
Are There Limits to Economic Growth? It's Time to Call Time on a 50-year Argument
Are There Limits to Economic Growth? It's Time to Call Time on a 50-year Argument
Researchers must try to resolve a dispute on the best way to use and care for Earth's resources.
Gender Inequalities in Research Funding: Unequal Network Configurations, or Unequal Network Returns?
Gender Inequalities in Research Funding: Unequal Network Configurations, or Unequal Network Returns?
Despite longstanding discussions and consequent improvements of gender representation in academia, the number of women working in academic research, their performance and their recognition still indicate the persistence of gender inequalities.
Russian Labs Run out of Equipment As Sanctions Begin to Bite
Russian researchers are losing access to vital lab equipment and computing power as western sanctions against the country begin to bite, potentially crippling Russia's scientific base.
Toward Greater Consistency and Validity in Measuring Interdisciplinarity
Toward Greater Consistency and Validity in Measuring Interdisciplinarity
This paper presents several suggestions for future measurement of the interdisciplinarity of research.
Africa: Sequence 100,000 Species to Safeguard Biodiversity
Build a major genomics resource on the continent to help breeders and conservationists.
Gender Equality Will Enhance Research Around the World
If researchers want to have maximum impact, women must be at the table.
UK Extends Horizon Europe Guarantee Until End of 2022
The UK has extended its funding guarantee for Horizon Europe applicants until the end of the year, providing a measure of security for researchers caught in limbo by the country's failure to associate to the programme.
The War Puts Ukraine's Clinical Trials-and Patients-in Jeopardy
Hundreds of trials have been disrupted in the medical research hub. Some patients are at risk of losing their last chance at survival.
How Hybrid Working Took Hold in Science
Two years since COVID-19 forced labs to shut down, group leaders describe how academic research has changed, perhaps forever.
Fact Check: How Bad is a Glass of Wine at Dinner, Really?
Although we know binge drinking is harmful for our health, the science behind moderate drinking still needs some fleshing out.
Open Science, Done Wrong, Will Compound Inequities
Research-reform advocates must beware unintended consequences.
Russian Participation in ITER Nuclear Fusion Project 'not an Easy Subject' in Wake of Invasion
Russian Participation in ITER Nuclear Fusion Project 'not an Easy Subject' in Wake of Invasion
As the world cuts Russia off from more and more joint research and innovation projects following its invasion of Ukraine, there's been deafening silence from the ITER megaproject that is seeking to demonstrate the potential of nuclear fusion by building the world's largest tokamak in south west France.
Ukraine: Infowar of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Russia says Ukraine and its allies are planning a "dirty" weapons attack. The US says that's false. But what are these weapons and who has them?
US Astronaut's Return Hangs in the Balance As Tensions with Russia Escalate
US Astronaut's Return Hangs in the Balance As Tensions with Russia Escalate
Mark Vande Hei, who is set to break the US single spaceflight record, will be riding a Russian capsule back to EarthRussia-Ukraine war.
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, eLife, PREreview, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) invite nominations for researchers in the fields of life sciences and medicine who will help co-create and then disseminate resources promoting best open peer-review practices in Africa.
Ukrainian Researchers Pressure Journals to Boycott Russian Authors
Most titles are still considering manuscripts irrespective of nationality - but Russia plans to remove a requirement for scientists to publish in foreign titles.
An Open-access History: the World According to Smits
The Plan S architect, scourge of paywalls, reveals how the policy sausage got made.
Women in Science Should Be the Norm, Not the Exception
This International Women's Day, let's start working towards ending gender discrimination in science for good.
Chile's Science Transformation Gains Steam with New President
The liberal Gabriel Boric campaigned on a promise to invest in research and fight climate change, and has given scientists prominent positions in his administration.
Viewpoint: Time for a Long-term Strategy on Russian Science Relations and Academic Collaborations
Viewpoint: Time for a Long-term Strategy on Russian Science Relations and Academic Collaborations
For about 20 years, Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has maintained a partnership with one of Russia's main cardiology clinics, the Almazov National Medical Research Centre in St. Petersburg. This institutional tie was abruptly suspended on 2 March, as part of Sweden's sanctions for the war in Ukraine.
New EU Rules for International Research Already Outpaced by Shifting Geopolitics, Critics Say
New EU Rules for International Research Already Outpaced by Shifting Geopolitics, Critics Say
EU research ministers signed a declaration laying out common principles and values for international cooperation in research and innovation in Marseille on Monday, but these rules arrive as the rapid pace of geopolitical change threatens to render them useless in selecting scientific collaborators from outside the EU.
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