It's not just drought and strong winds driving the catastrophic wildfires in southern Europe, fire expert Johann Goldammer says in an interview with DW.

Official records contrast with witness evidence of loneliness and physical decline among older people in Georgian society

Chemist María Fernanda Cerdá uses natural dyes from Uruguay's indigenous flora to build solar cells.

In a major post-Brexit move, the UK government kicked off its own student mobility programme with an announcement that its Turing Scheme will fund over 40,000 students for education and training placements across 150 countries. According to the outcomes of the first funding round, 363 projects were approved to receive £96 million in grants to send students to Canada, Japan and the US, but also in several European countries.

Most every kid learns a² + b² = c² in math. Pythagoras, right? Wrong. Babylonians used trigonometry 1,000 years before the Greeks. Time to rewrite history?

The most vulnerable developing countries plead for action after a stark warning from a UN panel.

The details align with Plan S - but UKRI hasn't yet decided whether to pay for open-access publishing in some hybrid journals.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states every corner of the planet is already being affected and it could get far worse.

Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather.

Concerns over waning immunity and SARS-CoV-2 variants have convinced some countries to deploy extra vaccine doses - but it's not clear to scientists whether most people need them.

But a study of the publications of millions of researchers also suggests that women are less likely to continue their academic careers than their male counterparts.

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.

Unsichere Jobs, unbezahlte Überzeit: Die Assistentinnen und Assistenten der Schweizer Unis fordern klare Perspektiven.

This briefing examines the contribution of EU staff and students to higher education and research throughout the UK and across disciplines and highlights the challenges associated with replacing the Erasmus+ programme.

A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say.

White House science office is expected to deliver a review of US scientific-integrity policies next month.

The disruption that the coronavirus has caused to daily life has created unique research opportunities for scientists.

International coalition aims to identify how universities use impact factors and related metrics.

Researchers say 'overexploitation of the Earth' has seen many of its 'vital signs' deteriorate to record levels.

Programme awarded $US50 million in rapid grants and highlights limitations in existing scientific-funding mechanisms.

Transitional measures for researchers are envisaged following Switzerland's non-association to Horizon Europe.

A team of investigators used enhanced carbon dating methods to examine human remains from the site in Peru.

Off-campus learning was essential during the pandemic. But when it ends, we should encourage students to return to campus for in-person lectures, says Michael Doran.

Astronomers have detected the first evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede.

Many doctors on the front lines say unvaccinated patients in their 20s and 30s are becoming more severely ill, and more quickly. But comprehensive data is lacking.

Scientists are increasingly concerned climate change is making fires more frequent and more intense.

Psychologist Ann-Marie Creaven regularly discusses her research on Ireland's most listened-to station.

Life on Earth depends on oxygen. And it now seems that oxygen depends on a slow day-night cycle, as a new study shows.

Papers by women in elite medical journals are half as likely to be cited as are similar articles authored by men, research finds.

Hundreds of scientists and policy experts left the government during the Trump administration. The jobs remain unfilled nearly six months into President Biden's term.