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Britain has jeopardised research and made itself far less attractive to overseas scientists.
Within the scientific community, the words "open science" have been on everyone's lips in recent years. Open science entails a great promise of a democracy of knowledge, and it is considered to be a universally good thing.
Humans' presence on Earth led to catastrophic climate crises and threatened the planet's inhabitants. But can we say that humans are an invasive species?
Demographers must work together so that officials can produce numbers all can trust.
Democrats in the US Senate are celebrating the passage of hugely significant bill on climate change - but what impact will it have, at home and abroad?
How to ensure that policy communities can benefit from the increasing volume of research in order to deliver evidence-informed policy?
Retraction Watch has witnessed a retraction boom since its founding 12 years ago. But the scientific community must do much more.
Stories of juggling parenting and fieldwork, and argue that more should be done to help retain scientist-parents, particularly women, in academia.
For astrobiologists, the first image from Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope reveals infinite possibilities of life beyond Earth, says this author.
Maya Gosztyla decided to rethink her approach to research papers after she had trouble keeping track of the published literature.
With no research institute in Nepal equipped to support her drought research, Hemu Kafle helped establish a new one.
Science is riddled with stories of getting scooped, data glitches and funding crises. Five researchers share stories of how they rallied.
Organizing events that can be attended in-person or online is tricky. Planning and communicating early will save headaches on the day.
The shift to 'open' working across the social sciences as a discipline group entails a welcome but demanding cultural change - but have there been false starts along the way?
Universal basic income has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society. But none of the successful trials have ended with the implementation of basic income as a policy. Why?
Researchers are already moving to countries where it is easier to operate and collaborate.
At the end of June, leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest economies will meet in Germany. We urge that they move forward quickly and collaboratively on a focused set of R&D initiatives to help solve some of the world's most urgent problems - by working together. At stake is the health and prosperity of millions, and the strength of all liberal democracies.
Environmental sustainability provides a clear route to prosperity and well-being, and people in power need to take notice.
A multidisciplinary approach is required to understand, address, and recover from pandemics, and social scientific disciplines are central to this.
The ingenuity of scientists helped accelerate the recovery from COVID-19. In close cooperation with society and policy-makers, it can lead the way to the future.
What has science diplomacy been capable of since the turn of the 21st century?
Even some climate change scientists who sit on the IPCC think the organisation needs a rethink.
Early-career scientists should have a say in developing the policies that can help them in the short term as well as benefit the scientific system in the long term, writes Adriana Bankston.
Any single analysis hides an iceberg of uncertainty. Multi-team analysis can reveal it.
A simple framework can help you to identify 'likeable freeloaders' and 'misaligned partners' - and to self-assess.
