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While the U.S. president is calling for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at UNESCO are quietly working on a more ambitious plan: a new global system for sharing scientific knowledge that would outlast the current pandemic.
This is a series of webinars on six engaging and relevant topics as a precursor to a live event in 2022. These discussions will form part of the broader RI dialogue, and set a foundation we hope to build on in Cape Town when the RI community gather to – at long last – meet in person.
If you're starting a doctoral programme later this year, particularly if your institution is still facing COVID-19 restrictions, Ciara O'Brien has some advice.
Did you get the COVID-19 vaccine? A) Yes, because I'm ready to get back out there and start partying again! B) Yes, because I am haunted by the prospect of accidentally killing my parents or saddling my children with lifelong health complications.
The Swiss National Science Foundation hopes to eliminate bias when choosing between applications of similar quality.
Big data bibliometrics must take into account qualitative analyses of research as a social institution, rooted in history, economics and politics.
There is no real evidence that the public has lost trust in science. So why are science-based recommendations often ignored?
Creativity often flourishes in stressful times because innovation evolves out of need. During the coronavirus pandemic, we are witnessing a range of creative responses from individuals, communities, organizations, and industries.
US agency accuses Beijing of failing to meet expected standards regarding its space debris
Unless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington
Increasing evidence of women's under-representation in some scientific disciplines is prompting researchers to reassess common narratives that women's under-representation is due to limited skills and/or social centrality.
This study examines psychologists' motivations to share data and how to better promote psychologists' data sharing and open data badge adoption.
Global South scientists say that an open-access movement led by wealthy nations deprives them of credit and undermines their efforts.
Governments that ignore or delay acting on scientific advice are missing out on a crucial opportunity to control the pandemic.
An "XKCD" comic and its many remixes perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research.
The decision by the Biden administration to support the proposal comes after months of fruitless talks at the World Trade Organization.
The urgency of the climate crisis demands individual ethics as much as a willingness to cooperate with power. But reconnecting humans with the natural world also forces us to revisit the promises of ever-growing efficiency and a culture of exploitation.
When Martin Eve had a stroke five years ago, paywalls prevented him researching his condition. He argues that the current system is patronising, elitist, and needs to change.
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One of the biggest antitrust lawsuits in the history of Big Tech kicked off this week - here's what you need to know.
Many scientist couples move abroad together, but Gidiane Scaratti and Rafael Kenji Nishihora chose to live and work in different countries. This is what they learnt.
A mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach.
Can you upload a CSV file? Are you an ORCID Consortia Member? Then you can add affiliation data to your researchers' records with our Affiliation Manager!
Analysis of remains of crew on Henry VIII's favourite warship sheds light on diversity in Tudor England
The dictate of 'systemic importance' is being used to purge all forms of culture resistant to marketization. A newly strengthened alliance between the cultural sector and civil society has emerged in response. But an anti-democratic backlash is also gaining ground, not least from within culture itself.
