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Saying 'No' in Science Isn't Enough
When women refuse requests to do unrewarded tasks, another female colleague often gets asked instead.
Science and Politics: The Fight for Evolution
As the Turkish government intensified its attacks on the theory of evolution, the academic community rallied to push back. A researcher recounts how she decided to join them.
Publishing Fast and Slow: A Review of Publishing Speed in the Last Decade
This article analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.
Programming in Parallel Universes
Quantum computers have the potential to change the world as profoundly as electricity did.
Public support of science: A contingent valuation study of citizens' attitudes about CERN with and without information about implicit taxes
Public support of science: A contingent valuation study of citizens' attitudes about CERN with and without information about implicit taxes
Large-scale projects in fundamental science, such as major particle colliders, radio telescopes, synchrotron light sources are promoted by scientific communities in the first place, mainly funded by governments, and ultimately by taxpayers. Little is known, however, about preferences of the latter except in the form of qualitative social attitudes survey.
Apocalypse in the Rear-view Mirror
The planet, as authoritarian capitalism's plaything, is subject to real-world economic-ecological downward spirals. And yet exorbitant space exploration projects continue to build escapist dreams on extractivism. And the threat of nuclear war continues to push at the limits of tenuous environmental stability.
Ukraine Needs New Doctoral Schools or Risks Losing Generation of Scholars, Official Warns
Ukraine Needs New Doctoral Schools or Risks Losing Generation of Scholars, Official Warns
Ukraine urgently needs new doctoral schools to train its next generation of academics, according to a senior Ukrainian science administrator. He warned that, without that and other measures to stop "internal brain drain", many researchers are fleeing universities for better paid IT jobs in order to make ends meet. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, European countries have launched countless schemes and scholarships to help displaced Ukrainian students and academics.
Deceptive Academic Journals: An Excerpt from The Predator Effect
Deceptive Academic Journals: An Excerpt from The Predator Effect
Predatory journals - even the term is controversial - have been a vexing problem for many years, and have certainly been a subject of coverage at Retraction Watch and elsewhere.
The Promise of Impact Science
Imagine if nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers no longer had to guess what works but could predict success with scientific certainty. Enter the field of impact science.
US Mid-term Elections: 3 Ways Science is on the Line
Researchers project changes ahead for federal science if Republicans take control of either chamber of Congress.
Health and Science Are on the Ballot This Election. Here's What We're Watching
Tuesday's votes will chart the course for the future of health care access, affordability, and public health writ large.
Technical Reports Provide Scientific Evidence to Underpin Africa's Case at COP27
In this article, the Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation team's Dr Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda write about the technical reports developed through the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support, which provides an armful of scientific evidence to underpin Africa's case at COP27.
National Funding and International Science Policy Hang in Balance of US Midterm Elections
National Funding and International Science Policy Hang in Balance of US Midterm Elections
US voters are expected to go to the polls in record numbers on November 8, driven by concerns about inflation, the economy and abortion rights. Layered on top of that are low approval ratings for President Joe Biden and ongoing polarisation among voters and politicians stirred by former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
Europe Bets on Collaboration and Talent Pool in Global Quantum Race
The QuantERA programme is designed to accelerate the development of quantum technologies (QT) in Europe, amid global competition. A member of the QuantERA Strategic Advisory Board - a scientific body with a broad range of perspectives in the QT field - has just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Prof. Alain Aspect, along with Prof. John. F. Cluster and Prof. Anton Zelilinger received the prize "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science".
How to Revive the Right to Science
Scientific research and its impact are closely linked with the promotion and protection of Human rights. It is imperative to act upon the unequal access to scientific benefits and to guarantee full access to scientific literature and knowledge for all.
How UN Secretary General Became an Outspoken Voice for Climate Action
António Guterres is heading to Cop27 for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging.
Younger Scientists Are More Innovative, Study Finds
On average, researchers' impact dropped by a half to two-thirds over their careers.
Universities List the Hurdles Blocking Transnational Collaboration
The EU has been pushing for convergence in the university sector for several decades, but when it comes to collaborating transnationally, universities struggle to deal with the patchwork of national regulations governing higher education. The European University Association (EUA) has taken stock and listed the biggest barriers to transnational collaboration in a briefing paper last week.
The Scandal of Researchers Paid Less Than a Living Wage
The Scandal of Researchers Paid Less Than a Living Wage
The cost-of-living crisis is a fundamental threat for PhD scholars and early-career researchers. They need to be paid properly.
Does Scholarly Publishing Have an Innovation Problem?
Is there an entrenched stasis in scholarly communication in which the core elements of the system have not been much moved by the revolutions happening around us?
The Career Insights I'm Bringing Back to Academia After a Year at Google
The Career Insights I'm Bringing Back to Academia After a Year at Google
Oliver Müller's brief tenure at the technology giant taught him that many skills acquired in academia are highly valued.
Viewpoint: Making the Case for the European Innovation Council's Top Down Research Programmes
Viewpoint: Making the Case for the European Innovation Council's Top Down Research Programmes
The European Innovation Council's (EIC) future will involve more horizon scanning, intelligence and strategy, according to a programme manager responsible for scoping the potential for technological and innovation breakthroughs and for directing EIC health-related projects, to ensure there is a coherent plan that will support development of a competitive sector.
The Many Facets of Safety in Research Infrastructures
The dedicated Safety Policy spans all areas of occupational health and safety, including environmental protection and the safe operation of CERN's facilities. Continuous exchanges with similar research infrastructures on best practices and techniques ensure that we maintain the highest standards.
Ratings and Bias Against Women, over Time
Two new studies show how bias against women in student ratings operates over time, worsening with critical feedback and instructor age.
Wikipedia's Citations Are Influencing Scholars and Publishers
Rachel Helps, the Wikipedian-in-residence at the BYU libraries discusses the intersection of scholarly journals and Wikipedia.
George Freeman Reappointed Science Minister in Latest Incarnation of UK Government
George Freeman has been reappointed as UK science minister four months after he resigned from the post when former prime minister Boris Johnson lost power. Jan Palmowski, secretary general at The Guild of European Research Intensive universities welcomed the news, telling Science|Business, Freeman knows the science sector and "gets the importance of Europe."
How to get what you need from your Ph.D. or postdoc supervisor
For Ph.D. candidates and postdocs, the relationship with your supervisor can make or break a career. The onus for a positive and nurturing relationship should fall largely on the senior member.