Analysis of seven prominent medical journals finds randomised controlled trials are far less likely to receive a press release than weaker observational studies.

Based on a survey of over 3000 researchers worldwide, Economist Impact identified important actions that should be considered if mistakes are not to be repeated during future health emergencies.

As a culture and a profession, medicine continues to systematically disadvantage women physicians at every stage of their careers.

The European Commission is working on an investment plan to fuel the EU’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, which Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said must increase the “firepower” of the bloc’s 2021-27 budget, and R&D commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said must prioritise investment in R&D.

Postdocs and PhD students around the world require professional training to prepare them for a possible career outside academia, finds the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020

Report highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text.

Being inclusive gives research groups a competitive edge. It also happens to be the right thing to do.

Advocates of responsible science practises representing over 50 countries join the eLife Community Ambassadors programme to learn from each other and create change across the global research community.

Are fewer women named Nobel laureates just because there have been fewer women scientists?

Patrick Vallance, who advised the UK government during the height of COVID, says that scientific officials should know four key things when guiding policymakers.

NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.

Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult

For the first time, China has overtaken the United States in terms of the total number of science publications, according to statistics compiled by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers are more hesitant.