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Biden Administration, Congress, and Unions Try to 'Trump-proof' Science

Biden Administration, Congress, and Unions Try to 'Trump-proof' Science

Having withdrawn from his reelection bid and acknowledged the possibility that former President Donald Trump may succeed him, President Joe Biden has worked with Democrats and his federal agencies to lock in a legacy that won’t be easy for Trump to erase.

Guide Released to Boost Experts’ Links with Government

Guide Released to Boost Experts’ Links with Government

Online guide from UK Government Office for Science is targeted at academia and industry

Risk-sensitive Innovation: Leveraging Interactions Between Technologies to Navigate Technology Risks

Risk-sensitive Innovation: Leveraging Interactions Between Technologies to Navigate Technology Risks

Risk-sensitive innovation (RSI) leverages interactions between technologies to reduce specific risks across a technology portfolio. To be of practical use, RSI requires the ability to anticipate or identify impacts and intervene in the relative timing of technological advancements.

A Lack of Scientific Diplomacy Leaves Canada at a Disadvantage on the World Stage

A Lack of Scientific Diplomacy Leaves Canada at a Disadvantage on the World Stage

Global Affairs Canada could help the country enhance its soft power by embedding scientific collaboration in existing cultural diplomacy.

In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species

In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species

An international body has voted to make the change and to further consider the ethics of scientific names

Making AI More Open Could Accelerate Research and Tech Transfer

Making AI More Open Could Accelerate Research and Tech Transfer

Combining artificial Intelligence (AI) and open science can accelerate scientific discovery, redefine the boundaries of scientific research and democratise access to knowledge.

Students Seek Bigger Role in European Education Area

Students Seek Bigger Role in European Education Area

European Students’ Union wants direct participation embedded in governance structures of EU education initiatives

Bringing Communities In, Achieving AI for All

Bringing Communities In, Achieving AI for All

For AI tools to help solve social problems, designers and regulators should partner with struggling communities to learn what they need from this technology.

Ice Cream That Doesn't Melt? New Discovery Means Scientists Are One Step Closer

Ice Cream That Doesn't Melt? New Discovery Means Scientists Are One Step Closer

Compounds called polyphenols, found in green tea and berries, can help stabilise the ice cream.

Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality

Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality

This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.

Enhancing the Right to Science

Enhancing the Right to Science

Enhancing the right to science is increasingly recognized as a central piece in the multi-facetted puzzle of solving the triple planetary crisis. Its role as a cross-cutting catalyst in relation to other human rights dimensions of major global challenges from pandemics, biodiversity, toxics to climate change, calls for far more comprehensive attention to the bundle of rights linking science, scientists and scientific practice to contemporary sustainability responses

Science Community Responds to Labour Victory in UK General Election

Science Community Responds to Labour Victory in UK General Election

Onlookers hope that a new government will bring an end to the 'rollercoaster ride' for the UK's research system

Five Fascinating Science Museums Across the World That You Must Add to Your Travel Bucket List

Five Fascinating Science Museums Across the World That You Must Add to Your Travel Bucket List

Science museums are gateways to the wonders of the natural world, offering engaging and educational experiences for visitors of all ages. Here are five fascinat

What Are the Three Main Political Parties Promising on Science at the UK Election?

What Are the Three Main Political Parties Promising on Science at the UK Election?

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all recently outlined plans for research in their manifestos.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

LGBTQ+ populations in the United States continue to experience disparities in health and health care. In this position paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) reaffirms and updates much of its long-standing policy on LGBTQ+ health.