The author is engaged in a project that seeks to convert publishers to business models that will allow them to publish their books openly, without using unaffordable book processing charges (which authors hate and which will not scale). As of today, the first press to take the leap: the Central European University Press can be announced. The model is called “Opening the Future”.

A Wikimedia initiative to develop open citations and linked bibliographic data to serve free knowledge. WikiCite is a series of conferences and workshops in support of that goal.

From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic

President Trump, a congressman and conspiracy fantasists have repeated the myth. But three kinds of evidence point to more than 218,000 U.S. deaths.

Most Americans view politics as two camps bickering endlessly and fruitlessly over unimportant issues.

The disruptions caused by COVID-19 have led to an acceleration in the digitization of all major aspects of life - and has brought to light who the laggards are, and who leads the charge.

During a pandemic, more researchers might require support from colleagues and depend on those partnerships to collect the data they need to keep their labs operational. The article presents guidelines for collaborations.

Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug's effectiveness against the coronavirus.

This year's open access week will be talking to a number of researchers.

The world's best solar power schemes now offer the "cheapest…electricity in history" with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

How the world's greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.

Review and commentary can help authors improve their articles; curation can provide readers with helpful context and enhance discoverability. But despite the benefits, barriers to reviewing and curating preprints remain.

Analysis at Dutch university suggests researchers are not reporting a large number of animal experiments.

Open Access (OA) is central to the UK Government’s ambitions for research and innovation. Public funders are reviewing their OA policies and working collaboratively to understand how to take forward the Government’s ambitions.

Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been 'strangely silent' about masculinity in academia.

A week-long event aimed to shine a spotlight on Black contributions to cancer medicine, research and patient advocacy.

Physicists have reached a long-sought goal. The catch is that their room-temperature superconductor requires crushing pressures to keep from falling apart.