Since being laid low with the virus more than a year ago, Catherine Heymans can only operate in half-hour bursts. But her work could still change the way we understand the universe

A groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.

EU ministers have called for a ‘no pay’ academic-publishing model that bears no cost to readers or authors. Some academics have welcomed the proposed plans - but publishing industry representatives warn they are unrealistic.

A decade on since their inception, Andy Tattersall considers how academics can make use of altmetrics in ways that go beyond counts and metrics. 

There is a mental-health crisis in science at all career stages and across the world. Is toxic research culture to blame?

Bias in academia can often be difficult to pinpoint and separate out from difference.  A new study outlines how concepts from causal inference can clarify approaches to studying gender bias in higher education.

The international body that banned chemical weapons is due to celebrate its first major milestone sometime this year — the completed destruction of the world’s declared stockpiles of banned substances. But at the organization’s brand-new facility in the Netherlands, scientists from around the world will continue its work to prevent, spot and respond to chemical warfare.

The new government faces a difficult task to stimulate research and development, hampered by an unskilled workforce. The election result comes as the country is pursuing plans to move from a heavy-industry-based economy to one geared towards innovation, known as Thailand 4.0.

20 years after the first draft genome was released, researchers have published a draft human ‘pangenome’ — a snapshot of what may become a new reference for genetic research capturing more of human diversity than has been previously available. 

Science is not the only form of knowledge but it is the best, being the most successful epistemic enterprise in history.

Although the acute phase of the pandemic may be over, experts agree that the virus's effects will remain profound

A new initiative aims to replicate the concept underlying the European Semester with a similar forum for research, development and innovation policies.

Conditions that affect women more than men garner less funding. But boosting investment could reap big rewards. These charts show how.

Impasse after Ukraine invasion threatens long-running data sets in oceanography, ecology, and climate science.

Research management will need to respond to changes in technology, society and policymaking over the coming years.

An international initiative to establish a new body to protect the world's oceans is taking shape. The goal is to build a scientific consensus and shape policies to protect, conserve and restore them.