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Trump Administration Ends EPA's Ability to Fight Climate Change

Trump Administration Ends EPA's Ability to Fight Climate Change

Last week, the agency's bedrock "endangerment finding" that greenhouse gases threaten human life was overturned.

AI-generated Text is Overwhelming Institutions - Setting off a No-win 'arms Race' with AI Detectors

AI-generated Text is Overwhelming Institutions - Setting off a No-win 'arms Race' with AI Detectors

Generative AI is enabling people to swamp all manner of institutions with documents, forms and messages.

Grant Proposals Drafted with AI Help More Likely to Win NIH Funding

Grant Proposals Drafted with AI Help More Likely to Win NIH Funding

But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited with the help of a chatbot.

Women and Girls in Science: Dismantling Barriers, Closing Gender Gaps

Women and Girls in Science: Dismantling Barriers, Closing Gender Gaps

Although women are more likely than young men to pursue higher education, they make up only 35 per cent of science graduates.

Is UK Science in Jeopardy? Huge Funding Reforms Spark Chaos and Anxiety

Is UK Science in Jeopardy? Huge Funding Reforms Spark Chaos and Anxiety

Major reforms to the United Kingdom's national research funding agency are aimed at boosting the nation's economy.

UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with Cuts to Projects and Research Facilities

UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with Cuts to Projects and Research Facilities

Researchers say best scientists are taking posts overseas because of lack of job stability at home

US Grant Applicants Surge at Prestigious European Research Agency

US Grant Applicants Surge at Prestigious European Research Agency

Rush for funds to relocate laboratories to Europe is latest hint of a US brain drain.

UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants

UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants

The boss of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the public body which spends £8bn of taxpayer money each year on research and innovation in the UK, has warned the organisation faces "hard decisions" on funding future projects.

Transportation Department Plans to Use AI to Write Regulations

Transportation Department Plans to Use AI to Write Regulations

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews.

The 2025 State of Open Data Report: Can Technology Push Openness Forward?

The 2025 State of Open Data Report: Can Technology Push Openness Forward?

The report examines the current state of open data as reflected in the 2025 survey results, as well as how attitudes and practices have evolved over the past decade.

It is 85 Seconds to Midnight

It is 85 Seconds to Midnight

At the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, the Bulletin's Science and Security Board moved the Doomsday Clock forward from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight, citing a failure in global leadership.

Thousands of Scientists Inflate Their CVs with Self-published Studies That Cost Millions of Dollars of Public Money

Thousands of Scientists Inflate Their CVs with Self-published Studies That Cost Millions of Dollars of Public Money

An analysis of 100,000 special issues of academic journals reveals that one in eight is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI.