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Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

When AI tools are designed with a gender, they don't just encode gendered values they also encourage users to engage with them in biased ways.

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. 

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

Women's participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship - markers of key scientific achievements - have barely shifted over the past decade.

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

A new rule would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international collaboration, limit funding for publication fees, and make other alterations to the funding review process.

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

The Trump administration's proposal aims to improve transparency in federal funding, but critics fear the proposed rules would politicize research

ORFG Releases Funder Policy Landscape Analysis and Recommendations: 2026

ORFG Releases Funder Policy Landscape Analysis and Recommendations: 2026

The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) just released its 2026 Funder Policy Landscape Analysis Report and Recommendations. This report analyses access-to-research policies of ORFG members and other private funders of open research and open outputs.
 

U.S. Researchers Face New Restrictions on Publishing With Foreign Collaborators

U.S. Researchers Face New Restrictions on Publishing With Foreign Collaborators

NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication.