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.

Our colleges are exceptional sources of vitality for society and pillars of democracy

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.

Can you upload a CSV file? Are you an ORCID Consortia Member? Then you can add affiliation data to your researchers' records with our Affiliation Manager!

Many scientist couples move abroad together, but Gidiane Scaratti and Rafael Kenji Nishihora chose to live and work in different countries. This is what they learnt.

Analysis of remains of crew on Henry VIII's favourite warship sheds light on diversity in Tudor England

Brazil has halted approval of Sputnik V, saying that a vector virus in the vaccine was not inactive and could cause severe colds. Russia has denied the accusation.

Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.

Why science changes everything.

Universities, funders and others want to expand the contributions that the scientific community values and recognizes, says Karen Stroobants.

In the introductory talk of this event, the speakers argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism, but as the start of a new phase in human history that rivals in importance the emergence of historic colonialism.

Long hours and the impact of the pandemic are taking their toll on medics, BMA findings show.

The Horizon 2020 project EOSC Enhance is launching an open survey targeting the entire EOSC community, to look more closely at individuals who create EOSC, understand who they are, where they come from and, most importantly, what they need in their everyday (research) activities.

Join AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview for a virtual discussion and collaborative review of an African-relevant preprint.

Don't get bogged down in technical details, and balance the professional and the personal.

As a bioengineer, Linda Griffith once grew a human ear on the back of a mouse. Now she is reframing endometriosis as a key to unlocking some of biology's greatest secrets.

When the social floodgates open, not everyone will want to use their newfound freedom in the same way.

Announcing the launch of five new journals, all addressing global health and environmental challenges and rooted in the full values of Open Science.

The current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cities particularly hard. Here, we provide an in-depth characterization of disease incidence and mortality, and their dependence on demographic and socioeconomic strata in Santiago, a highly segregated city and the capital of Chile. Our analyses show a strong association between socioeconomic status and both COVID-19 outcomes and public health capacity.