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Researchers Share $22m Breakthrough Prize as Science Gets Rock Star Treatment

Researchers Share $22m Breakthrough Prize as Science Gets Rock Star Treatment

"It’s really not a mathematician kind of thing, but I’ll probably survive." - C. Hacon

It's Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls

It's Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls

Understanding that vaccines are critical to public health and human-driven carbon emissions are un-terraforming the planet cannot be the purview of the one percent.

Aaron Swartz Fellowship

Aaron Swartz Fellowship

The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives awards a fellowship each year either to an unconventional technology expert early in his/her career, or a scholar or activist working at the intersection of humanities, social sciences and technology studies or technological solutions.

Doctor Wins 2017 John Maddox Prize for Countering HPV Vaccine Misinformation

Doctor Wins 2017 John Maddox Prize for Countering HPV Vaccine Misinformation

Riko Muranaka awarded prize for efforts to explain jabs’s safety amid scare campaigns which have seen Japanese vaccination rate fall from over 70% to 1%.

Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement

Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement

Texas is at risk of a deadly measles outbreak, and yet few have been willing to cast blame on the state’s burgeoning—and notoriously combative—anti-vaccine movement.

To Cut Drug Prices, Academy of Sciences Tells the Government to Negotiate With Manufacturers

To Cut Drug Prices, Academy of Sciences Tells the Government to Negotiate With Manufacturers

The National Academy of Sciences called on the federal government to make drastic policy changes to bring down the cost of prescription medicines.

The Social Dimension in the Future of Europe Debate

The Social Dimension in the Future of Europe Debate

EU leaders highlighted their political support for enhanced cooperation in education.

Climate updates: progress since the 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC

Climate updates: progress since the 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC

Climate updates describes how our understanding of the science of climate change, and its impacts, have progressed since the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

DOE to Award $99 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

DOE to Award $99 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences.

ERC Consolidator Grants: 630 Million Euro from the EU to 329 Top Researchers

ERC Consolidator Grants: 630 Million Euro from the EU to 329 Top Researchers

The ERC has announced today the awarding of the Consolidator Grants that go to 329 top researchers across Europe.

United Kingdom Relies on Science to Revive Flagging Economy

United Kingdom Relies on Science to Revive Flagging Economy

Long-awaited industrial strategy pins hopes on commercial gains from research.

Controversial Software Is Proving Surprisingly Accurate at Spotting Errors in Psychology Papers

Controversial Software Is Proving Surprisingly Accurate at Spotting Errors in Psychology Papers

When Dutch researchers developed an open-source algorithm designed to flag statistical errors in psychology papers, it received mixed reaction from the research community.