Two University of Washington professors are taking aim at BS in a provocatively named new course they hope to teach this spring.

The Trump administration has mounted a vigorous defense of its ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim nations, saying it is necessary to prevent terrorists from entering the United States. But the ban, now blocked by a federal judge, also ensnared travelers important to the well-being of many Americans: doctors.

As United States and British legislators tighten the screws on travel and visa rules, they might be squeezing out international researchers and students. Canadian universities, meanwhile, are seeing surging interest from both groups.

A leading website that monitored predatory open access journals has closed. This will make it harder to keep tabs on this corrosive force within science.

Poor monitoring in ‘second-tier’ institutions is also part of the problem, research indicates

Michael Eisen from University of California in Berkeley, California, registered the Twitter handle @SenatorPhD and declared his intention to run in the 2018 election for a seat in the United States Senate.

An entire database on animal research — including documents on the numbers of animals used in each lab, inspection reports, and enforcement actions — has suddenly been taken down from public view.

Government picks biotech and renewable energy among its top priorities

Ahmadreza Djalali, who has appointments in Italy and Belgium, was arrested in April on a trip to Iran.

Groups protest Trump’s order banning travel from seven Muslim countries.

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Time restrictions based on the number of years since a researcher was awarded their PhD have been removed from Wellcome fellowship schemes.

Let’s build a MOOC to teach Open Science! Here’s a draft framework already in place, which anyone can contribute to.

Federal climate plans created under the former president, tribal assistance programs, and references to international cooperation have been stricken from the EPA’s website

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, in December 2014. He quit President Trump’s economic advisory council on Thursday.

Many “solidarity marches” will be held on the same day as the U.S. March for Science in at least 8 countries

Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services

A new open-access journal that focuses on the importance of public engagement to research has been published.

Chief government science advisor tapped to head incipient umbrella agency for research funding.

Applications to UK universities for full-time undergraduate courses are down 5% this year. David Morris explains where, how, and why this has happened.

Academia.edu, ResearchGate and private publishers all have something in common. 

Can a march spawned by a political firestorm embrace science at its essence, a quest for the complete and objective truth?

The problem of fake data may go far deeper than scientists admit. Now a team of researchers has a controversial plan to root out the perpetrators

The institutions with the strongest global connections have a ‘cultural disposition’ to think beyond borders. The Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology lead at the top.

John Holdren worries that immigration restrictions could harm researchers' ability to collaborate across borders.

Order barring citizens of seven countries from entering the United States has left many confused and afraid.

NumFOCUS is a nonprofit that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific software.

Iranian scientists have been a major boon to everything from Mars exploration to Ebola-fighting to advanced mathematics.