The inaugural Sentinel of Science awards aim to give peer review a bit more luster by showcasing the contributions of reviewers.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.

Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.

As part of its new 13th 5-year plan, the Chinese Academy of Sciences this month unveiled plans for a national science center...

BioMed Central psychology journal will attempt to tackle publication bias by withholding research results from peer reviewers.

Poor scientific methods may be hereditary.

German academics’ body points to growing evidence that EU employees are turning down posts and considering their futures

A leading space scientist has accused the European Space Agency (ESA) of having a “problem with promoting women” that has led to men holding almost every top job at the agency.

Around the world, poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers.

The Nobel Prize parody awards want the public to laugh and then think about the wacky scientific ideas presented.

We surveyed 2,000 researchers and practitioners about what they want from academic societies; here’s what they told us.

When you open politics to the public, you get direct democracy. But what happens when you open science to the public?

Peter Gluckman and James Wilsdon: This week’s summit of the International Network for Government Science Advice will take stock of progress in using evidence and expertise to inform policy.

Thomas Zurbuchen Named Head of NASA Science Mission Directorate

Tensions between Cuba and the United States are easing. But researchers still struggle to join the scientific world.

For the head of AstraZeneca’s genomics initiative, the challenge is not just getting the sequences, but in putting them to use — wisely.