Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators.

Leading academics respond to government plan to end link between charter mark and research funding, amid fears that equality issues will be sidelined.

Mother in Science is launching the first global survey to measure the impact of having children on career progression, scientific productivity and career choices of women in STEMM, and to identify the specific motherhood-related factors driving gender imbalance in STEMM employment.

The editor of Science has abandoned staid academic-speak to take on falsehoods in the White House-decorum be damned.

Internet Archive has archived and identified 9 million open access journal articles- the next 5 million is getting harder.

Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.

The Open Access Days are the central annual conference on Open Access and Open Science in the German-speaking world and will take place from 15 to 17 September 2020 as an online conference.

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Christina Termini from UCLA presents a list of 100 Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America that all researchers can look to for inspiration.

The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) is pleased to announce the formal launch of our organization.

Open letter flags results that appear to be duplicated and calls for access to the underlying data on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for widespread use.

The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology.

The proportion of research outputs published in open access journals or made available on other freely-accessible platforms has increased over the past two decades, driven largely by funder mandates, institutional policies, grass-roots advocacy, and changing attitudes in the research community.

This article examines why many studies fail to replicate statistically significant published results.

We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now.

From the Strait of Gibraltar to Galicia, orcas have harassing yachts, damaging vessel and injuring crew.

An advocacy group calls for funders and institutions to launch flexible grant and fellowship schemes and equity programmes.

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of herd immunity has become a topic of much debate. This Comment examines the factors that determine it, discusses how far we have come and considers what it will take to reach herd immunity safely.

Food safety officials deny claims that diseased or contaminated meat is being eaten by consumers.

The appointment of a climate change denier to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes as Americans face profound threats stoked by climate change, from the vast, deadly wildfires in the West to an unusually active hurricane season in the South and East.

Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine.

Why the orange sky looks gray.