New technology raises hopes and ethical dilemmas. Society will have to work out what it thinks.
 

What role can science play in fostering Global North-South and South-South partnerships?

It’s likely the European Commission will dip into the research programme’s budget for its new sovereignty fund – and this won’t be the first time money has been diverted to other causes. Flexibility to respond to changing circumstances is important, but when is enough, enough?

Developing nations need greater visibility, acknowledgement and support for their research into the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Shaping Horizon Europe's successor means learning from past setbacks.

We live in a society where scientific models surround us. They are used for everything from creating weather bulletins and making climate projections to providing economic forecasts and informing policies for public health.

There is an increasing focus in academic and policy circles on research-policy partnerships. These partnerships are often achieved through co-creation, whose role in international relations remains underdeveloped.

What do scientists owe us?

Hyberbolic adjectives have been on the rise in academic writing. A study explores how this persuasive language is deployed across different fields of research

The election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ('Lula') as president of Brazil on 30 October 2022 marked the end of the populist Bolsonaro era. In this Feature, five Brazilian scientists discuss their hopes and expectations for the new presidency and its scientific policies.

Amid increasing competition and conflict with countries such as China, calls to restrict international scientific cooperation overlook benefits to the United States.

Since its purchase by Elon Musk last year, Twitter has undergone a series of rapid changes, largely with an eye to making the platform profitable. Considering these developments and those on other platforms, Mark Carrigan, suggests that just as academic social media has become relatively mainstream the dynamics underpinning academic engagement on social media have fundamentally shifted towards a pay to play model.

There are two kinds of problems in the world: strong-link problems and weak-link problems. Science is a strong-link problem. In the long run, the best stuff is basically all that matters, and the bad stuff doesn’t matter at all.

Several cases of renowned scientists being offered large sums of money by institutions in authoritarian countries - such as Saudi Arabia - have been exposed by EL PAIS.

Mathematician and educator Freeman A. Hrabowski III talks about the importance of the humanities, culture change in academia, and much more. He has led groundbreaking efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout his career. As president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for three decades, Hrabowski transformed a regional commuter school into a top-tier research university.

The incredible success of Large Language Models like ChatGPT is both a scientific breakthrough and a boon for future scientific discovery. What is Open AI's role in this?