The SNSF is strengthening publishing Open Access: as of 1 April 2018, it will be easier to publish books and journal articles that are openly accessible.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tapped Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan, a molecular biologist and head of India’s Department of Biotechnology, to fill the post of science adviser.

Steven Chu, former secretary of energy, professor of physics at Stanford University and Nobel Laureate, has been chosen as the president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Budget cuts and layoffs threaten the nation's health and safety

The US biomedical research agency NIH says it is dedicating $190 million over the next six years to researchers conducting gene-editing experiments, such as those with the powerful CRISPR technique.

A model of the way opinions spread reveals how propagandists use the scientific process against itself to secretly influence policy makers.

Unprecedented level of neglect and disrespect for scientific advisory boards, with significant implications for our health and safety, after one year in the Trump administration.

The National Institutes of Health would stop processing grants, but astronauts in space would keep working.

The French government must mitigate the risks in its legal imposition of vaccinations by promoting more coherent and proactive vaccine policies.

Interview with Anne Glover, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government and to the President of the European Commission, on the role evidence takes in political decision-making.

Survey examines attitudes of U.S. researchers.

After years of budget and political pressure, some climate scientists are changing the way they describe their research, and avoiding the term "climate change."

Riko Muranaka awarded prize for efforts to explain jabs’s safety amid scare campaigns which have seen Japanese vaccination rate fall from over 70% to 1%.

European Commission renews glyphosate license despite debate on cancer risk.

Letter from Nobel prizewinners denounces plight of Ahmadreza Djalali.

London’s loss, as a result of Brexit vote, is lamented by U.K. researchers

The active participation of the people is one of the central components of a functioning democracy. Research performed a real-world randomized experiment in the United States to understand the causal effect of news stories on increasing public discussion of a specific topic.

Patrick Vallance to take over from interim government adviser Chris Whitty from March next year.

​Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has selected Ottawa heart researcher Mona Nemer to be the country's top scientist. Canada has been without a national science adviser since 2008.

Top White House science job stays empty more than nine months after president took office.

Agency staff wanted initiative on firearms violence to continue.

The review of artificial intelligence argues a new AI council should be created but it wouldn't be in charge of regulating systems