Re-examining a 1997 paper claiming women academics need to work 2.4 times harder than their male counterparts, Ulf Sandström suggests what policymakers can learn from overreliance on single studies.

The solution is not to replace existing PhD programs, but to add a STEM innovation PhD track.

In the aquamarine waters off Kenya’s eastern coast, fishing nets often accidentally ensnare endangered sea turtles. A local conservation group has spent years recording these encounters in a sprawling archive of data. Yet much of it remains unused. The authors propose a creative solution: hackathons, a competitive activity that has gained popularity across STEM fields because it challenges participants to quickly develop solutions to real-world problems.

Although modern science has only been around for a few centuries, we've become quite adept at training students in the scientific method. But learning how to translate research insights into practical actions often isn't part of a budding scientist's curriculum.

The traditional commercialisation paradigm isn't the only way to approach knowledge exchange. Kim Stuart and Audrey Cumberford explain a new initiative in Scotland spanning modern and smaller universities and the college sector

On 30 January 2026, the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) published its future agenda for Germany as a centre of science and research, entitled "Science in Germany - Perspectives until 2040". sets out a future agenda for Germany as a centre of science. 

Whistleblower statutes should be changed to incentivize university research groups to investigate potential fraud.

The weaknesses in science's processes have been weaponized against it. It's time to confront those flaws and fix them.

According to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the share of US basic and applied research funded by the federal government dropped from nearly 48% in 2009 to just over 34% in 2023. As that decline is likely to continue, some state governments are responding by boosting their research spending.

The higher education sector in the UK faces the prospect of a university going into administration. How have universities fallen so low and is change possible?

University-based science parks could become highly attractive sites for deeper engagement with industry, venture capitalists, and start-ups, and help procure government funding too, as proven in the UK, Singapore, and China.

After a year of Trump, a former US diplomat suggests what the EU can do to bring American science back from the brink

But restrictions will still be needed, making science “as open as possible, as closed as necessary,” Ehler says

Cutting-edge medicines and treatments exist, but widespread and equitable access to them does not. We can reverse this trend if we invest in health as a strategic asset. Acting earlier on diseases results in fewer hospitalizations; longer, healthier, more productive lives; and less demand on and costs for healthcare systems

Refusing to use AI won't protect society. Responsible resistance must include gaining knowledge about it.

As universities evolve to face a range of complex problems, leadership teams that all think in similar ways can limit institutional problem-solving capacities.

The EU must respond by strengthening scientific links with “like-minded” countries, Signe Ratso says

It's getting harder for scientists from around the world to work together. Researchers must find ways to adapt.