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AI

AI Tools As Science Policy Advisers? The Potential and the Pitfalls

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AI

AI Tools As Science Policy Advisers? The Potential and the Pitfalls

Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers - but only with appropriate safeguards and humans in the loop.
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Truly Open Science Needs Knowledge Synthesis

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Truly Open Science Needs Knowledge Synthesis

Truly open science requires that the public is not only able to access the products of research, but the knowledge embedded within.
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Editorial: Proudly Nonprofit

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Editorial: Proudly Nonprofit

It is vital that scientists engage in discussions about open access because publishing is rapidly changing, and at the moment, there are no certain outcomes in the long run.

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Seize the Moment: Researchers Have a Rare Opportunity to Make Progress in Protecting Global Biodiversity

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Seize the Moment: Researchers Have a Rare Opportunity to Make Progress in Protecting Global Biodiversity

A quiet revolution is taking place to incorporate the costs of biodiversity loss into economic planning. It needs researchers to be engaged.
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Viewpoint: Horizon Europe Missions Are a Long-term Game

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Viewpoint: Horizon Europe Missions Are a Long-term Game

The Horizon Europe Missions won't deliver results without widespread change in how policy is made in Europe.

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Science

Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science

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Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science

Dr. Mandy Cohen has been on a national tour. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she aims to rebuild trust in that troubled agency at a moment when Covid-19 cases are rising again and the Biden administration has begun a new vaccine campaign.

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Can Scientific Expertise Sway Public Opinion on Clean Air Zones?

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Can Scientific Expertise Sway Public Opinion on Clean Air Zones?

How much do the views of scientists and experts count when it comes to securing public support for traffic restrictions?

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Climate

Using the GSDR to Guide a Credible and Effective Second Half of the 2030 Agenda

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Ethics
Science Policy
Climate

Using the GSDR to Guide a Credible and Effective Second Half of the 2030 Agenda

The 2023 Global Sustainable Development report sets the stage for transformative action in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Can world leaders translate these insights into concrete actions?

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The Disinformation Sleuths: a Key Role for Scientists in Impending Elections

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Science

The Disinformation Sleuths: a Key Role for Scientists in Impending Elections

Researchers in Europe have a golden opportunity to help defend democratic principles and bring science to bear against online disinformation.
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The Global Science Partnership: A toolkit for including policymaking for climate change

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The Global Science Partnership: A toolkit for including policymaking for climate change

The toolkit walks through six steps to achieve more effective and inclusive climate policymaking, based on learnings from citizen engagement and science research pilots worldwide. 

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New Zealand Trumpets Flying Start in Horizon Europe

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New Zealand Trumpets Flying Start in Horizon Europe

New Zealand has won four Horizon Europe bids so far, outperforming its own expectations but raising questions over how it can control participation costs if they spiral beyond Wellington's forecasts.
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Podcast: Wo Sind die Frauen in der Nobelpreiswoche?

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Podcast: Wo Sind die Frauen in der Nobelpreiswoche?

In der Wissenschaft sind Frauen genauso erfolgreich wie Männer. Oft werden ihre Leistungen aber übersehen. Warum, das erforscht die Soziologin Sandra Beaufays. Und Astrophysikerin Katrin Altwegg erzählt, warum ihr der Durchbruch an die Spitze trotz allem gelungen ist.
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Is It TikTok or Global Crisis? How the World Lost Its Trust in Scientists

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Is It TikTok or Global Crisis? How the World Lost Its Trust in Scientists

Nobel laureate and physicist Giorgio Parisi was attacked for presenting evidence on Covid - it made him reflect on how we can rebuild faith in science.

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'Momentum Building' Around CERN's Next Particle Collider

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'Momentum Building' Around CERN's Next Particle Collider

Preparations for a massive new particle smasher near Geneva are picking up speed. But the huge physics project faces many obstacles.
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South Korean Scientists' Outcry over Planned R&D Budget Cuts

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South Korea

South Korean Scientists' Outcry over Planned R&D Budget Cuts

In a nation with historically high levels of spending on research and development, the proposed cuts have provoked a strong response.
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Prizes
Equality
Ethics

Nobel Prize Debate Misses the Mark on the Real Culprits Ignoring Scientific Merit

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Nobel Prize Debate Misses the Mark on the Real Culprits Ignoring Scientific Merit

The furor over a Nobel Prize winner’s derailed career lets scientists off the hook for their own responsibilities to fix a broken academic reward system.

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Modern Government and Science Advice

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Modern Government and Science Advice

Governments need to understand science. This is obvious when thinking about defense and security, health, or the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, but it is true for all areas of government activity.

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Climate

Recommendations for policy makers on net-zero action

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Recommendations for policy makers on net-zero action

Align commitments with the assumptions and criteria of the science based 1.5°C scenarios

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AI

Commission Gears Up to Confront the Risks Generative Artificial Intelligence Poses to Science

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Commission Gears Up to Confront the Risks Generative Artificial Intelligence Poses to Science

With generative artificial intelligence poised to take the practice of science by storm, the European Commission is laying the ground to ensure the risks are avoided and the benefits delivered.
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CERN

CERN Inaugurates Science Gateway, Its New Outreach Centre for Science Education

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CERN

CERN Inaugurates Science Gateway, Its New Outreach Centre for Science Education

Today, CERN inaugurated its new state-of-the-art facility for science education and outreach.

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US Science Agencies on Track to Hit 25-Year Funding Low

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US Science Agencies on Track to Hit 25-Year Funding Low

Despite last year's CHIPS and Science Act, which was meant to boost innovation, report predicts that Congress will cut spending on science.
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Gender Bias in Funding Evaluation: A Randomized Experiment

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Research Assessment
Gender
Bias

Gender Bias in Funding Evaluation: A Randomized Experiment

Gender differences in research funding exist but bias evidence is elusive and findings are contradictory. Contrary to some previous research, a new study found no evidence that male or female PIs received significantly different scores.

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Collaboration

Some Nobel Winners Are Great Intellects, Others Are Lucky. There's More to Science Than These Prizes.

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Collaboration

Some Nobel Winners Are Great Intellects, Others Are Lucky. There's More to Science Than These Prizes.

Opinion: The flaws of the awards, seen by the public as the only game in town, are hindering the pursuit of innovation.

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Switzerland

Swiss Eye 'window of Opportunity' for Horizon Europe Association After Federal Elections

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Switzerland

Swiss Eye 'window of Opportunity' for Horizon Europe Association After Federal Elections

Swiss voters will go to the polls on October 22 as the country's scientists endure another year locked out of Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. In May 2021, Swiss leaders walked away from negotiations to agree a new overarching deal between Brussels and Bern, citing fears that it would allow EU citizens working in Switzerland to claim equal welfare payments.
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Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

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Research

Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

The European Union's next seven-year science funding programme has to have a budget of €200 billion to ensure that future challenges can be met, say two of the European Parliament's top voices on research and innovation policy, Christian Ehler and Maria da Graça Carvalho.
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Why Should We Care About Science Diplomacy?

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Science Policy
Science Diplomacy

Why Should We Care About Science Diplomacy?

Switzerland wants to be a hub for science diplomacy. What is this and why is it important?
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Public Health

Why BMI is Flawed - and How to Redefine Obesity

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Public Health

Why BMI is Flawed - and How to Redefine Obesity

The main diagnostic test for obesity - the body mass index - accounts for only height and weight, leaving out a slew of factors that influence body fat and health.
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Diversity
Careers

Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The Meaning of Self-acceptance

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Being Neurodivergent in Academia: The Meaning of Self-acceptance

A research technician describes how receiving an ADHD diagnosis allowed her to re-examine how she sees herself and her work.
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Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Nothing wrong with me

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Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Nothing wrong with me

An assistant professor and group leader explains how being diagnosed with autism in her early 40s changed her approach to being a scientist.

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Ask a Scientist: Building on Advances in Scientific Integrity

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Ask a Scientist: Building on Advances in Scientific Integrity

It was a long time coming. Two decades after the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) redefined the term "scientific integrity," the White House issued its first-ever scientific integrity policy in May as a model for all government agencies and departments to protect federal scientists from political
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