White House requests big funding increases for research agencies.

This factsheet is a result of the 57th online seminar "Practical Steps Towards Open and Reproducible Research" (10 February 2021), organised by the Helmholtz Open Science Office.

Tracking how factors such as biases and conflicts of interest creep into editorial boards requires better data.

Early-career researchers bring energy, talent and diverse voices to leadership and advisory roles.

Even before the pandemic, many female scientists felt unsupported in their fields. Now, some are hitting a breaking point.

The EPA approved Oxitec's mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.

French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel industry reels from the global pandemic.

The push to remove journal paywalls officially started this year. Here's how it works.

Peter Armstrong, 81, has been critical of management's financial competence and 'bullying' tactics

Collaborating with devoted colleagues, Dr. Kariko laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines turning the tide of the pandemic.

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles - even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.

The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Rejection of mainstream science and medicine has become a key feature of the political right in the U.S. and increasingly around the world

Study finds 34% developed psychiatric or neurological conditions after six months.

The Baltimore plant that recently had to scrap up to 15 million ruined doses had flouted rules and downplayed errors, according to internal audits, ex-employees and clients. Other doses had to be scrapped last year.

President and lawmakers push proposals to add technology directorate and boost budget.

A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.

Search-engine co-founder Anurag Acharya explains why it now tells authors when their papers should be made free to read.

President's infrastructure plan would boost spending at several federal research agencies.

Zombies are supposed to be capable of asking any question about the nature of experience. It's worth wondering, though, how a person or machine devoid of experience could reflect on experience it doesn’t have.

Loss of grants, driven by deep cuts to foreign aid, threatens research and international collaborations.

Divers practicing blackwater photography are helping marine scientists gain new insights into fish larvae.

Did Covid-19 come from animal markets? It's unclear. Did it emerge from a lab? Also unclear. Here's what a new W.H.O. report says - including questions that the agency's own chief raised about the findings.

The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.

For the moment, reports of a very rare, dangerous blood disorder among recipients cannot be ignored.

Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.

Risks shoot up when virus particles accumulate in buildings, but it's not clear how best to improve ventilation.