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Carbon capture has a bad reputation. But after a year of reporting, I’ve come to a conclusion: It's both vital and viable.
We all lose because of the biases of Wall Street and Silicon Valley.
Lawsuits have an intimidating effect on an already difficult enterprise.
Funders should not support policy-relevant work that treats policy impact as an afterthought.
Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn’t exist,” says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science.
New technologies like artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles and the internet of things could be used to reduce the widening economic gulf that is emerging in modern societies.
Retraction Watch interviews Irene Hames.
The OECD has just released a comprehensive report on Science, Technology and Industry for 2017. So how is France doing?
Combining the minds of humans and machines to avoid confirmation bias.
Scholarly publishing and academic self-determination are interdependent and a crucial point of future debate for the future of University presses and Open Access worldwide.
Early career researchers have an essential role to play in the move towards open research.
As work on 2018 farm bill picks up pace, remember money spent on agricultural science is money well spent.
It might style itself as a grassroots movement but citizen science is little more than a cheap land-grab by big business.
A definition is nothing without action and engagement.
If your institution won’t break down barriers for you, do it yourself.
Golden OA creates a conflict of interest: in a situation where the number of scientists is larger than the number of available positions, both journals and scientists benefit from publishing as many articles as possible.
This Thanksgiving, we bring you four portraits of immigrants in tech—from the C-Suite to the gig economy.
While green and gold open access have been put forward as two worthy emperors, it is time to conclude that they are unclothed.
Creating a culture of replication takes prizes, grants and magnanimity — as well as publications.
Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, has called for political leaders to speak more about science and innovation to connect people with the life-changing research that is funded by their taxes and has the potential to combat urgent global problems.
High-risk, high-reward ideas in areas such as AI, blockchain and synthetic biology are typical contenders for support from the EU’s new Innovation Council.
The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say.
On the important role of professional medical writers in improving the quality of reports on clinical trials.
The independent High-Level Group of Innovators recommends bringing all relevant EU funding schemes into a single, fit-for-purpose 'one-stop-shop' for innovation financing.
Professor Aled Edwards asks why we need an Intellectual Property law.