AfricArXiv (African Science Archive) is a new and free open access repository on Science in Africa for African scientists to share their research outputs in all scientific fields.

The Trump Administration appears to be removing references to climate from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s mission statement.

More than 100 researchers describe their work and the struggles they face, including gender bias and achieving a positive work-life balance.

New IBM system shows off argumentation skills.

A new wave of scientists and engineers are recognizing the importance of their seat at the policy table.

The Free Journal Network was established earlier this year in order to nurture and promote journals that are free to both authors and readers and run according to the Fair Open Access Principles.

One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400'000.

Steven Cowley takes over Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory on 1 July.

Women continue to form too small a proportion of this journal’s authors and referees.

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Compared to White adults in the United States, Black adults are two-thirds as likely to hold a college degree and Latino adults are only half as likely – with both groups attaining degrees at a lower rate in 2016 than White adults did back in 1990, according to a new report by The Education Trust.

After decades of keeping a low profile in the military arena, the European Union is flexing its muscles.  Proposed European Defence Fund would spend EUR13 billion on R&D.

Taubes founded NuSI to support objective science; now, it's his own objectivity he has to defend.

Spending bills would boost construction account without cutting research grants, marking the second year that lawmakers have rejected President Donald Trump’s plans for the agency, which called for deep cuts in 2018 and flat funding in 2019.

Biochemist Juliet Gerrard will advise the government on key science issues when she takes up the position next month.

They fear the online platform used for collaborating on research data and software will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.

The drinking study had raised concerns because NIH officials had solicited funding for the $100 million project from liquor companies, with the money funneled through the private NIH Foundation.

Horizon Europe will pay article processing charges only "for purely open-access publishing venues (i.e. not 'hybrid' journals)". The change would be controversial as it could prevent researchers from publishing in their first-choice locations.

The US Department of Energy and IBM unveiled Summit, America’s latest supercomputer, which is expected to bring the title of the world’s most powerful computer back to America from China.

National Academies urge cultural change to curb sexist treatment of women

Existing policies to address the issue are ineffective, concludes a long-awaited report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal.

The EPO announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2018 at a ceremony today in Paris, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, attended by some 600 guests from the areas of politics, business, intellectual property, science and academia.

When asked why he changed his mind, Bridenstine told The Washington Post, "I heard a lot of experts, and I read a lot. I came to the conclusion myself that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, that we've put a lot of it into the atmosphere, and therefore we have contributed to the global warming that we've seen."

Cancer biologist Inder Verma quit as board considered investigation’s findings.

Pedro Duque, who has been on two space missions, is the best-known face in a Cabinet lineup with more women than men.

As of May 2018, CORE has aggregated over 131 million article metadata records, 93 million abstracts, 11 million hosted and validated full texts and over 78 million direct links to research papers hosted on other websites.

European Commission’s next seven-year science-funding scheme - its biggest ever - will allow any country to join for a price.  The proposal confirms that the programme will be open to all countries for the first time, which will allow the UK to take part after Brexit.

The balance of the EUR94.1 billion will go to fund fundamental science and innovation. The total for Horizon Europe represents about 10 percent of government research funding across the EU.

MIT tops the list for a record seventh consecutive year. ETH Zurich ranks seventh - its best ranking ever.  EPFL also in top 25.