Popular leader will be forced to retire at 65 — but senior staff have other ideas.

Who could object to calls for basing government regulations on the "best available science"? But in Washington, D.C., the phrase has become code for a contentious debate surrounding federal regulatory agencies.

The outline cuts at least $7 billion for research on climate change, diseases, and energy.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health are big losers — but planetary science at NASA stands to gain.

Many targeted research agencies have historically had broad bipartisan support.

Steve Keen laments loss of ‘time and freedom’ for universities’ ‘original thinkers’

Other research agencies also hit hard.

The Nature journals continue journey towards greater rigour.

UK-based academics leading research infrastructures supported by funding from the European Commission are to begin moving their headquarters to other European Union member states from as early as 2019. 

The Commission wants to knit existing data infrastructures into a shared pan European resource.

Government largesse may ease Brexit—at least for applied science.

The Google-owned star British AI company DeepMind is in talks with the National Grid about a potential partnership.

Scott Gottlieb may face scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest.

It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone

This researcher wants to change that.

Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.

Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions.

Spike in drug company spending pushes federal share below 50%.

In this Policy Forum, Cong Cao and Richard P. Suttmeier highlight the immense work and challenges China will encounter as it attempts to reform its scientific and technological development strategy.

The next EU Framework programme after Horizon 2020 might allow full participation from large countries outside Europe and the surrounding region.

Working closely with Crossref, Springer Nature will make the metadata for reference lists available across all academic books and owned journals.

Brazilian women are leading the world when it comes to a key measurement on science, surpassing the ranking of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Science is already losing out in the Netherlands. 

Budget 2017: Chancellor Philip Hammond allocates previously announced industrial strategy funding.

The event has around 21 stated goals.

Government unveils first details of £4.7 billion R&D boost, targeting technology and drawing more students and scientists to the lab.

Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.

Researchers everywhere should pay more attention to how their subject is presented.

Dr. Carlo Croce was repeatedly cleared by OhioState University, which reaped millions from hisgrants. Now, he faces new whistle-blower accusations.

It is illegal to destroy government data, but agencies can make it more difficult to find by revising websites and creating other barriers to the underlying information.