The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most cases.

Highlights, press releases and speeches

The University of California system will no longer require SAT and ACT scores for admission after reaching a settlement agreement, a statement from the UC system said.

In the United States, the analysis estimates, 905,000 people have died of Covid since the start of the pandemic.

Indonesia has dismantled its science ministry and created an overarching national research agency, a move some scientists worry will strengthen political control over research in a country where academic freedom is already under pressure and politics have taken an authoritarian turn.

Provision in Endless Frontier Act would tighten U.S. oversight of foreign sources of funding.

A recent Scholarly Kitchen webinar on global open access shared perspectives from Latin America, Asia and Africa.

The publisher will launch five new journals, and has introduced a new business model that aims to spread the cost of publishing more fairly.

While the U.S. president is calling for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at UNESCO are quietly working on a more ambitious plan: a new global system for sharing scientific knowledge that would outlast the current pandemic.

Last year, my first in medical school at Columbia University, I used a bone saw to slice through the top half of a cadaver's skull, revealing a gray brain lined with purple blood vessels. This was Clinical Gross Anatomy, the first-year course that has fascinated or devastated (or both) every medical student. You never forget the day you open the skull.

This is a series of webinars on six engaging and relevant topics as a precursor to a live event in 2022. These discussions will form part of the broader RI dialogue, and set a foundation we hope to build on in Cape Town when the RI community gather to – at long last – meet in person. 

Osiris-Rex has been flying around the ancient asteroid since 2018 and collected nearly a pound of rubble last fall

Researchers want to learn more about the connections between humans and the feeding of birds, beasts and other fauna.

Standing up to a persecutor is tough, particularly if they are your supervisor. But you can take steps to report abuse and protect yourself.

Decades of misinformation and bad science has distorted what we think about illicit drugs - but that's changing. We're exploring what this paradigm shift could mean for our health and well-being.

Revisiting a 2018 post discussing that for social science and humanities researchers in many parts of the world there are significant barriers to conducting and sharing research, in some cases more so than for science and medicine. In this revisited guest post, Dr. Naveen Minai provides a perspective as a gender studies researcher in Pakistan.

American geneticist Chris Mason says we have a moral duty to preserve life in all its forms. He proposes a 500-year plan to hack life and survive on Mars.

If you're starting a doctoral programme later this year, particularly if your institution is still facing COVID-19 restrictions, Ciara O'Brien has some advice.

The Swiss National Science Foundation hopes to eliminate bias when choosing between applications of similar quality.

US agency accuses Beijing of failing to meet expected standards regarding its space debris

Our feline friends certainly wow us with their cleverness - they can fetch things, open doors, navigate seemingly impossible obstacles, and even understand basic instructions (when they feel like it, anyway).

Global South scientists say that an open-access movement led by wealthy nations deprives them of credit and undermines their efforts.

Governments that ignore or delay acting on scientific advice are missing out on a crucial opportunity to control the pandemic.

The decision by the Biden administration to support the proposal comes after months of fruitless talks at the World Trade Organization.

When Martin Eve had a stroke five years ago, paywalls prevented him researching his condition. He argues that the current system is patronising, elitist, and needs to change.

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The SNSF meticulously examines its funding activities. From now on, it will publish these analyses on its data portal. To kick things off, Open Access, ERC grants and women scientists during the pandemic are in focus.

One of the biggest antitrust lawsuits in the history of Big Tech kicked off this week - here's what you need to know.

It's impossible to predict when and where China's Long March 5 rocket, a CZ-5B, will crash down to Earth. But it will. The question is: What's the risk?

A mental health startup built its business on easy-to-use technology. Patients joined in droves. Then came a catastrophic data breach.