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Only one species is responsible for coronavirus - humans - say world's leading wildlife experts.
A public forum for researchers to discuss the science of science, current events, and science policy issues.
What does it mean for science - and public health - that scientific journals are now publishing research at warp speed?
Far more people have died over the past month than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows.
Atma Ivancevic shares what keeps her passionate about science when academic work gets tough, and while working from home.
Researchers believe they could pre-emptively create vaccines and drugs to fight a wide range of viral threats - if they can get sufficient funding.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is frustrated whenever the coronavirus crisis is referred to by the term he coined for an unpredictable, rare catastrophe.
Anders Tegnell talks to Nature about the nation's 'trust-based' approach to tackling the pandemic.
The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness.
Magical thinking hampered the ability of even some of the most seasoned infectious diseases experts to recognize the full threat.
PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and PLOS Pathogens have all revised their ‘scooping’ policy to waive the novelty criteria for work submitted within six months of a similar study having been published.
Due to precautionary measures in regard to the coronavirus, the second day of this year's Open Science Conference got canceled. Luckily, the panellists Johanna Havemann, Anne-Floor Scholvinck, Daniel Spichtinger and August Wierling agreed to submit their opening statements as a blog post.
During this unprecedented global emergency, LIBER calls on European Commissioners, Member State governments, publishers and authors to urgently help libraries, universities and other educational establishments, so that they can continue supplying researchers, teachers and students with access to books, archives and other instructional materials.
What plants can teach us about surviving a pandemic.
The goal of the ETH4D Research Challenges is to enable collaborations on project-based research between ETH researchers, non-academic partners and partners from the Global South to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction combining technologies, policies and a profound understanding of human behaviour.
Check out all the latest coronavirus polling we've collected.
This new normal means mountains of single-use plastic-and few places to put it but the dump.
From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to show the world how to manage a messy patch for our human family.
While some libraries seek transformative agreements, others are unbundling the Big Deal: a look at licensing models and revenue pressures for publishers.
Both cities tighten control measures after cases spike, but they could soon be relaxed again.
Graduate students face many of the same challenges as faculty members during COVID-19 but have received fewer assurances. Top on their wish list are extended funding and time-to-degree extensions.
Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan had flattened the curve. Then travelers from the US and Europe began reimporting the virus.
She was denied access to a telescope because of her sex, but Dr. Burbidge forged ahead anyway, going on to make pathbreaking discoveries about the cosmos.
