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Soft Power, Hard Choices: Science Diplomacy and the Race for Solutions

Soft Power, Hard Choices: Science Diplomacy and the Race for Solutions

Applying the latest scientific insight and evidence is the starting point for science diplomacy. Three experts shine a light on the missing links between the two.

OpenAI's Big Lesson for Science Policy

OpenAI's Big Lesson for Science Policy

The incredible success of Large Language Models like ChatGPT is both a scientific breakthrough and a boon for future scientific discovery. What is Open AI's role in this?

A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media

A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media

Utilizing data from Twitter and applying natural language processing artificial intelligence algorithms, researchers created a new, accurate prediction model for depression and anxiety.

Transforming Science and Policy to Solve Generational Challenges

Transforming Science and Policy to Solve Generational Challenges

The One Environment-One Health framework proposes new research and policy solutions that better informs the complex interactions among environmental, social and economic systems.

Science Superpowers Need Supercharged Investment

Science Superpowers Need Supercharged Investment

Setting out his vision for the economy in January, Jeremy Hunt turned to what, in the past six months, has become the easiest joke in the book for speechwriters: "I asked ChatGPT to craft the opening lines of this speech. Who needs politicians when you have AI?"Artificial intelligence is only one o

CERN/NASA Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science

CERN/NASA Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science

In celebration of the 2023 Year of Open Science, CERN and NASA are jointly organizing "Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science", a week long open science summit at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 14 July 2023.

How to Convince a Politician: a Science Adviser's Lessons from the Pandemic

How to Convince a Politician: a Science Adviser's Lessons from the Pandemic

Patrick Vallance, who advised the UK government during the height of COVID, says that scientific officials should know four key things when guiding policymakers.

Little Transparency and Equity in Scientific Awards for Early- and Mid-career Researchers in Ecology and Evolution

Little Transparency and Equity in Scientific Awards for Early- and Mid-career Researchers in Ecology and Evolution

An analysis of the eligibility rules, assessment criteria and potential gender bias in best researcher and best paper awards from broad-scope ecology and evolution journals and societies shows a lack of assessment transparency, few attempts to foster equitable access and minimal consideration of open science.

Stop Gap Measures Put in Place to Help Ukrainian Scientists Are Maturing into Closer Ties

Stop Gap Measures Put in Place to Help Ukrainian Scientists Are Maturing into Closer Ties

The Foundation for Polish Science recently extended its For Ukraine programme, launching a third call, open for proposals until 4 April from pairs of scientists working in tandem, one from Ukraine who can be living anywhere, and one employed in Poland.

What Has Happened to College Teacher Pay in England?

What Has Happened to College Teacher Pay in England?

In the last few months, there has been a series of strikes by teachers in further education colleges across England over pay and conditions, and more strikes look set to impact the post-16 education sector this year. This report examines how pay and retention levels among college teachers in England have changed over time and compared with school teachers.

G20 Chief Science Advisers Meet in Uttarakhand: Lessons from Covid-19, Open Access to Scientific Knowledge Feature in Discussions

G20 Chief Science Advisers Meet in Uttarakhand: Lessons from Covid-19, Open Access to Scientific Knowledge Feature in Discussions

The first meeting of the G20 Chief Science Advisers Roundtable (G20-CSAR) in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Wednesday, witnessed intense discussion on transboundary science and technology issues of mutual interest. This was the first time that chief science advisers of different countries gathered for a roundtable conference at the G20 platform. 

Geopolitical Tensions Mean Joining the EU's €95.5B Research Programme Isn't Getting Any Easier

Geopolitical Tensions Mean Joining the EU's €95.5B Research Programme Isn't Getting Any Easier

The EU is making some progress towards adding international partners to its Horizon Europe research programme, but complaints about the proposed membership terms continue to stir controversy.

Could Changes in Fed's Interest Rates Affect Pollution and the Environment?

Could Changes in Fed's Interest Rates Affect Pollution and the Environment?

Can monetary policy such as the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates affect the environment? According to a new study by FAU's College of Business, it can. Results suggest that the impact of monetary policy on pollution is basically domestic: a monetary contraction or reduction in a region reduces its own emissions, but this does not seem to spread out to other economies. However, the findings do not imply that the international economy is irrelevant to determining one region's emissions level. The actions of a country, like the U.S., are not restricted to its borders. For example, a positive shock in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy may cause adjustments in the whole system, including the carbon emissions of the other regions.

China Launches Special Deployment of 'AI for Science'

China Launches Special Deployment of 'AI for Science'

The deployment closely integrates the key issues of basic disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy.

Pandemic Productivity Loss: How Scientific Institutions Should Support Academic Mothers

Pandemic Productivity Loss: How Scientific Institutions Should Support Academic Mothers

Three years on, scientist mums implore universities, funding agencies and publishers to heed calls to account for COVID-19 disruptions.

12 Recommendations To Protect the Integrity of Survey Research

12 Recommendations To Protect the Integrity of Survey Research

Science requires data, and survey research is one important means of gathering it. Surveys provide a scientific way of acquiring information that is used to inform policy decisions, guide political campaigns, clarify the needs of stakeholders, enhance customer service, help society understand itself