The link between trust and relatability is important to good science communication.
Wellcome, Gates and Novo Nordisk foundations will support research into the health impacts of climate change, infectious diseases and nutrition.
The success of Sao Paulo's way of funding science has made it a model throughout Brazil: Sao Paulo produces 50 per cent of Brazilian science through FAPESP which receives one per cent of state tax revenue. The model allows for long-term planning and other states are now emulating it.
May 2024 marks 20 years since the EU's largest single enlargement, when 10 countries joined. The data show that great progress has been made in improving research and innovation systems in that time, with more public money being pumped in, more international scientific collaboration, and more private investment.
his article explores the reception of the IPCC reports on a national scale, focusing on the case of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in France and Switzerland.
Swiss and EU negotiators are aiming to reach agreement on Horizon Europe association in the summer, which should allow full access to the programme for calls in 2025.
The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a newly released global experiment show that despite these differences, the two camps actually align when it comes to taking certain actions to combat climate change.
Software experiment raises prospect of extra peer review.
Debating scientific topics in a courtroom setting could be a way to inform and engage citizens in public policy.
A number of European universities are ending their ties with Israel over the war in Gaza, including in existing Horizon Europe projects, prompting Israel's science minister to hold talks with the country's research leaders over how to retain scientific links with Europe.
Drawing on findings from a new survey of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging policies in European academic publishing, Lynne Bowker, Mikael Laakso, Janne Pölönen, and Claire Redhead outline the intersectional nature of scholarly communication’s diversity challenge and present new resources for actors across the system to implement changes.
Social science may be faring better politically in UK than US, says Ziyad Marar.
