Tensions between Cuba and the United States are easing. But researchers still struggle to join the scientific world.

Thomas Zurbuchen Named Head of NASA Science Mission Directorate

Peter Gluckman and James Wilsdon: This week’s summit of the International Network for Government Science Advice will take stock of progress in using evidence and expertise to inform policy.

When you open politics to the public, you get direct democracy. But what happens when you open science to the public?

We surveyed 2,000 researchers and practitioners about what they want from academic societies; here’s what they told us.

The Nobel Prize parody awards want the public to laugh and then think about the wacky scientific ideas presented.

Around the world, poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers.

A leading space scientist has accused the European Space Agency (ESA) of having a “problem with promoting women” that has led to men holding almost every top job at the agency.

German academics’ body points to growing evidence that EU employees are turning down posts and considering their futures

Poor scientific methods may be hereditary.

BioMed Central psychology journal will attempt to tackle publication bias by withholding research results from peer reviewers.

As part of its new 13th 5-year plan, the Chinese Academy of Sciences this month unveiled plans for a national science center...

Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.

The inaugural Sentinel of Science awards aim to give peer review a bit more luster by showcasing the contributions of reviewers.

Publons top overall contributors to peer review in science and research.

New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.

MacArthur Fellowships, or "Genius Grants" are awarded annually to between 20 and 30 individuals who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the US.

Federally funded research will now come with an open access clause – but uncertainties remain

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plan to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses

University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues.

Organizers of national neuroscience projects meet to coordinate goals.

Scientists incentivised to publish surprising results frequently in major journals, despite risk that such findings are likely to be wrong, suggests research.

Anonymous individual or group claims that 22 papers from the University of Tokyo contain fabricated or falsified data.

Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity.

ScienceOpen has teamed up with OpenAIRE and Digital-Science, alongside two of their portfolio companies – Figshare and Overleaf, to organise an OpenCon ‘satellite’ event to be held in Berlin on the 24-26th November.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing predatory journal publishing company, OMICS Group, for hiding fees and deceiving researchers. It's a first for the largely unregulated industry.

New program aims to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.