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"Manned" spaceflight doesn't make sense anymore.

We scientists must stand up for openness and fairness. Discriminating against someone because of their ethnicity, turning down a collaboration or refusing a visa for a conference on the grounds of nationality, or simply making someone feel unwelcome because they are an immigrant - these are all morally objectionable and practically counterproductive. Such behaviour must cease.

Collaboration brings together leading platforms for data and software sharing.

Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in Google Scholar publications.

A new study of millions of patents granted between 1926 and 2017 supports the value of spending tax dollars on basic research.

Numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses, helped put a man on the moon. Here are the stories of some of those women.

Deaf student Liam Mcmulkin has created more than 100 signs for words used in science.

A Chinese scientist’s startup fled the U.S. after a federal investigation that included a failed sting, airport stops and an unfounded child-porn search.

We can't let that happen to women working on climate science today

The climate emergency movement is heading to school. Global higher education networks tying together more than 7000 universities and colleges from across the globe declared a climate emergency and published a three-point plan to confront the escalating environmental crisis.

So does Sci-Hub lead libraries to cancel journals, or doesn't it? Maybe the answer isn't a simple yes or no.

The working example represents a major milestone in the development of Libero Publisher, a community-supported tool to help modernise academic publishing.

The £50 note gets a makeover with the image of a computer pioneer.

The Spektr-RG x-ray mission will be Russia's only space observatory.

A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast quantities of science for computer analysis - but is it legal?

An examination of introductory psychology textbooks suggests that prospective psychological researchers may learn to interpret statistical significance incorrectly in their undergraduate classes.

Elsevier, the world's largest publishers of academic journals, just stepped up its fight with the University of California by cutting off UC's access.

New research finds that even under blind review, women score lower than men when applying for grants. The reason? The words they use.

The Research Misconduct Board is one of the first national agencies tasked with investigating serious research misconduct.

The 10,000-hour rule says intense, dedicated practice makes perfect - at that one thing. But what if breadth actually serves us better than depth?

Studies that provide access to underlying data are cited 25% more often than those that don't.

Publisher Elsevier halts UC's access to new articles but UC Berkeley Library can connect readers with what they need. 

To boost inclusivity, we need to do better at tracking data and holding institutions accountable.

University of Geneva Professor Daphne Bavelier explores how individuals learn and adapt to changes in experience, whether induced by nature or by training.

As lecturers, we're protesting today to persuade the university to pay its PhD teaching staff proper wages

The German science organisations express their concerns regarding the plans of the Hungarian government to install new legislation affecting the freedom and autonomy of science in Hungary.

The crisis of academic freedom in Europe emerged as the main theme at the recent "Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental values of the EHEA" conference in Bologna. More than 200 university rectors and 800 other stakeholders participated.

Without reimbursement for relocation costs, PhD students and postdocs are often forced to empty savings accounts, seek financial help or even rack up debt.

Hungary's parliament passed a law on Tuesday that will significantly increase state control over the research, funds, and membership of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.