The Home Science Labs of English Noblewomen
In the eighteenth century, elite women with a scientific bent often turned to distilling medicines, a craft that helped them participate in experimentation.
Being a Scientist: In the Name of Perseverance
Between honoring her immigrant family and making her children proud, a first-generation PhD student fights for her place in academia.
English is the Common Language of Science. That Comes at a Cost for Scientists and the Planet
English is the Common Language of Science. That Comes at a Cost for Scientists and the Planet
English is the common language of science, but it comes with downsides for scientists and our planet.
The World's Goals to Save Humanity Are Hugely Ambitious - but They Are Still the Best Option
The World's Goals to Save Humanity Are Hugely Ambitious - but They Are Still the Best Option
Not one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals looks set to be achieved by 2030. But deadlines can help focus the mind, and scientists should double down on their work to support the goals.
How to Catalyze a Collaboration
What happened when an interdisciplinary, international group of researchers turned their attention to work out the mechanisms of COVID-19?
Harnessing Scientific Evidence and Decision Making to Accelerate the SDGs
A joint statement summarizes insights from the first-ever Science Day held to accelerate progress on the SDGs.
Co-benefits of Climate-SDG Synergies Far Outweigh Trade-offs: UN Report
Co-benefits of Climate-SDG Synergies Far Outweigh Trade-offs: UN Report
A UN report prepared by a group of independent experts calls for governments to tackle the climate and sustainable development crises together, to maximize the impact of policies and actions.
Why Meta-regulation Matters for Public Health: the Case of the EU Better Regulation Agenda
Why Meta-regulation Matters for Public Health: the Case of the EU Better Regulation Agenda
Meta-regulation - the rules that govern how individual policies are developed and reviewed - has not received much attention in the study of health policy. Far from value-free and objective, they have however significant potential to shape policy outputs and, as such, health outcomes.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Why I Cannot Return Home Yet
Studying abroad helped a Panamanian student to accept who he is, but it meant him letting go of his dream.
Swiss Expect to Wait Until at Least 2025 for Association After UK Horizon Europe Deal
Swiss Expect to Wait Until at Least 2025 for Association After UK Horizon Europe Deal
Swiss university leaders expect to have to wait until at least 2025 before associating to Horizon Europe after the UK struck a deal with Brussels last week. Switzerland, like the UK, has been excluded due to wider political disagreements with the EU. But while the UK solved its dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol in February this year, Switzerland hasn't even formally re-started talks with Brussels that could pave the way for association.
Science Needed Now, for Action
The importance of science in helping the UN to make progress on key issues is as clear and critical as ever. Yet participation of the scientific community is not what it could and needs to be.
Europe Eyes Closer Research and Innovation Cooperation with Africa
Europe Eyes Closer Research and Innovation Cooperation with Africa
Africa is fast becoming a key priority on the EU's foreign policy agenda and research and innovation has a role to play in deepening the partnership - but investment and integrated strategies are needed to encourage more cooperation.
This Alternative Way to Measure Research Impact Made Judges Cry with Joy
Podcast: Research managers, citizen scientists, librarians and technicians rarely make it onto author lists. But an initiative to assess their hidden contributions to team science moved some judging panel members to tears.
6 Ways STEM Educators Can Enhance Student Engagement in Our Democracy
The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic
The efficacy of Facebook’s vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Facebook began to remove vaccine misinformation as a matter of policy. This study evaluated the efficacy of these policies using a comparative interrupted time-series design.
EU-China: Commission and China Hold Second High-Level Digital Dialogue
EU-China: Commission and China Hold Second High-Level Digital Dialogue
The EU Commission held its second High-level Digital Dialogue with China.
Rich Countries Must Align Science Funding with the Sustainable Development Goals
This week, New York City is buzzing with scientists. A Science Summit is being held at the United Nations, to coincide with the UN General Assembly. The summit’s overall theme revolves around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to end poverty and protect the environment. Research in poorer countries maps closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - wealthy nations must follow if the goals are to be met.
The UK Re-joining the Horizon Research Funding Scheme Benefits Europe Too - the Data Backs It Up
The UK Re-joining the Horizon Research Funding Scheme Benefits Europe Too - the Data Backs It Up
The UK has just rejoined the EU’s flagship research funding programmes, Horizon Europe and Copernicus. This is great news for science, the EU and the UK.
Opening Up Scientific Enterprise to Public Participation
For decades, communities have had little access to scientific information despite paying for it with their tax dollars. To bring open science into the mainstream, we need creative policy solutions - and your help to create them.
NIH Upholds Controversial Plan to Step Up Oversight of Foreign Collaborators
NIH Upholds Controversial Plan to Step Up Oversight of Foreign Collaborators
The US biomedical agency tweaked its new policy after an outcry from researchers, but will forge ahead.
Researching the Future: Scenarios to Explore the Future of Human Genome Editing
Researching the Future: Scenarios to Explore the Future of Human Genome Editing
Forward-looking, democratically oriented governance is needed to ensure that human genome editing serves rather than undercuts public values.
European Universities Brace for Mountain of Bureaucracy After US National Institutes of Health Changes the Rules
European Universities Brace for Mountain of Bureaucracy After US National Institutes of Health Changes the Rules
European universities and research institutes say rule changes by the US's main health research funder will force them to hire staff to deal with vast amounts of new paperwork, potentially delaying projects and weakening transatlantic collaboration.
Highlight or Hide - What Role Should Peer Review Have in Researcher Development?
Highlight or Hide - What Role Should Peer Review Have in Researcher Development?
Peer review is, at heart, a process of validation - but how do you learn to peer review?
Podcast: Open Science - Moving From Possible to Expected to Required
A decade ago, University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek cofounded an unusual nonprofit, the Center for Open Science. It’s been a cheerleader, enabler, and nagger to convince scientists that making their methods, data, and papers available to others makes for better science.
Universities Axe Diversity Statements in Wake of US Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action
The Leiden Ranking Goes Beyond Ranking
Today the CWTS Leiden Ranking and the INORMS More Than Our Rank initiative announce a new partnership, aimed at highlighting the accomplishments of universities beyond what is captured in university rankings.
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