The White House earlier this year launched a National Intelligence Research Resource Task Force.

This post argues that for academic books to be genuinely open, an emphasis should be placed on collective funding models that limit the prospect of new barriers to access being erected through the imposition of expensive book processing charges (BPCs).

Make science more reliable by placing the burden of replicability on the community, not on individual laboratories.

The departing German chancellor's support for science and rigour in policymaking has proved transformative - except on climate change.

Data should be a means to knowledge, not an end in themselves.

Efforts to share research with the public must include mechanisms to prevent harm resulting from low-quality work.

When it comes to science advice infrastructure, Europe is far from a unified whole. That’s why the European Commission’s science service, the Joint Research Centre, set out to map the entire landscape, looking not only at European and national level but also digging into the way science influences policy within regions and even individual cities.

Prof Katalin Karikó of BioNTech says she endured decades of scepticism over her work on mRNA vaccines.

Following the military coup, Burmese faculty and students fear annihilation of a budding modern higher education system, says Kyaw Moe Tun.

Joe Esposito revisits his 2012 post on the unstated theory of the e-book, which assumes that a book consists only of its text and can be manipulated without regard to the nature and circumstances of its creation.

Representatives of 500 Women Scientists, GeoLatinas and LatinXinBME issue a call to action, highlighting 10 key practices.

Dispute over Liverpool's use of metrics is best resolved through dialogue, says Stephen Curry.

Academia has a problem with race. It’s a problem that academia — like the rest of American society — doesn’t like to acknowledge.

The activist and author discusses why there is no one-size-fits-all feminism and her aim to create work that comforts women of colour who have been 'gaslit'

The pandemic and global environmental change are intimately intertwined at multiple levels, and this must be more clearly articulated to the public and in policy.

Australia’s ERA and EIA research assessment exercises lack a clearly defined purpose, or return on investment for Australian universities. In a climate of declining trust in the Australian Research Council, together with a confused idea about how research should be funded, the assessment regime itself is at a critical point of juncture.

IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.

Addressing weaknesses and limitations in your science will reassure potential funders, say grant-writing coaches.

Taking steps to lower the environmental impact of your research can reduce costs.

How to facilitate the use of science as a key element of the policy-making process.

Poor policy outcomes are not the responsibility of 'mutant maths', but of choices made by people in power.

The motivating power of sharing vulnerabilities.

Caroline Wagner, author of 'The New Invisible College' and 'The Collaborative Era In Science', joins Toby Wardman of SAPEA to discuss the brave new world of cross-border science, and what, if anything, we can do about it.

Mathematicians want to think their field is a meritocracy, but bias, harassment and exclusion persist.

The world seems to be on the verge of collapse - yet I have just brought a baby into it, writes Arwa Mahdawi

We're not powerless, even if it feels that way.

John Ioannidis is a highly influential scientist whom we at SBM have lauded on many an occasion. Since the pandemic, though, he's downplayed the dangers of COVID-19. What the happened to him?

Research in this area deserves more attention - and not only for conditions related to reproduction.

"Science belongs to all of us and it is not an enemy of any culture."

Recent research shows that the skepticism many companies had related to working from home may be eroding.