eLife will emphasise the public peer review of preprints, restoring author autonomy and promoting the assessment of scientists based on what, not where, they publish.

A major new international study finds that global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments and funding bodies.

A guest-edited collection of features, comment and analysis examines researchers' experiences of racism, the impacts of systemic racism and how science can and must change.

Two studies of citations in physics highlight factors contributing to this gender disparity.

When space debris collides with other space debris, it creates thousands more pieces of junk, a phenomenon known as the Kessler syndrome.

People are more likely to land high-paying jobs through friends of friends than through their close friends or family, study finds.

Ph.D. students who belong to minoritized groups experience challenges with interpersonal understanding and social ties. 

One question for Jennifer Carlson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona.

You might have been told off for staring out the window at school, but psychology shows us it's one of the best ways to spark new ideas and have epiphanies.

University associations, legislators, students and other stakeholders release a declaration on ways to recruit and retain early-career researchers in academia.

New Zealand and the European Commission announced they will enter formal negotiations on joining Horizon Europe, the EU's €95.5 billion research and innovation programme. Along with Canada, New Zealand was the first highly industrialised country to start exploratory talks with the EU on becoming an associated country in Horizon Europe. In the previous research programme, Horizon 2020, New Zealand participated as a 'third country' a status that does not offer the full benefits of association.

The European Research Area (ERA) Forum is about to enter its implementation phase, after mapping out priorities across twenty R&I policy actions proposed by the European Commission.

Agricultural engineering professor Ben Runkle has co-authored a report by leading ecosystem scientists and policy experts, calling for a scientific approach to nature-based climate solutions in the United States.

From next year, the National Health and Medical Research Council will give half of its investigator grants for mid-career and senior scientists to women and non-binary applicants.

The Science family of journals will soon allow authors to publicly share manuscripts more widely without incurring fees.

Fundamental science is a gamble. Scientists set out on projects in pursuit of knowledge, hoping to answer questions that no one has answered before. But in 2007 the EU decided it would give billions to the pursuit. Fifteen years on, the European Research Council (ERC) can justly claim to be doing well. Last week, three scientists who have received ERC funding won Nobel prizes.

The European Commission is about to embark on assessments of the EU's research programmes, guided by a joint consultation with stakeholders opening in November. Three tasks on the agenda are a new strategic plan for the current €95.5 billion Horizon Europe research framework; evaluation of the first half of Horizon Europe; and the final assessment of the previous research programme, Horizon 2020.

The UN's top leadership is reaching out to the scientific community to help inform decision making - a welcome move in a highly uncertain world.

LHC to end 2022 data-taking season two weeks early to save on electricity, among other measures.

It's all here. The draft work programmes for the next two years of the EU's Horizon Europe research programme, which the European Commission has been keeping under wraps - for the most part - have been leaked.

After many professional twists and turns, a researcher reconsiders what it means to 'make it' in academia.