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It's essential for the status quo to be challenged. But those who claim to be bold outliers need to draw on evidence, not cry censorship

The furious race to develop a coronavirus vaccine played out against a presidential election, between a pharmaceutical giant and a biotech upstart, with the stakes as high as they could get.

The new chief executive officer of UK Research and Innovation emphasizes that assessment systems should support and value a robust portfolio of work of different sorts, and a diverse range of people to do this work.

No more grand declarations-it's time for action, say Stephen Curry and James Wilsdon.

Improving academic impact has been given a bad name in some academic circles, who link it to a near-conspiracy theory view of the powers of 'neo-liberalism'.

How does the market in academic ebooks work? Not in the interests of students, staff or universities.

The scientific endeavour inherently does not have a passport, it is a truly global citizen and it would be a shame to restrict its abilities for the purposes of political negotiations.

The campus free speech debate is heating up. Last month I made the case (first in a Twitter thread and then again at the Washington Post's The Monkey Cage) that there is no campus free speech crisis. Around the same time, similar arguments were made by Matt Yglesias (at Vox), Aaron Hanlon (at NBC), and …

That's exactly the opposite of what we should be doing right now.

In addition to thesis writing, PhD candidates in SHAPE subjects are expected to be able to communicate their research to diverse audiences and also be prepared for careers outside of Higher Educati…

Scientists' creativity, entrepreneurialism and grasp of the complexity of the world are crucial attributes.

To what extent is science being deployed as a political tool during the pandemic?

The open access debate has revealed the complicated and contradictory nature of the academic publishing landscape in which trade unions have a role to play.

Researchers argue that it's time to invest in aggressive carbon capture.

Australian universities are letting world ranking ambitions skew what they teach at a cost to local history and politics, says Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt.

Racism, climate denial, and COVID-19 are major crises standing in the way of a prosperous future for the United States, and resolution of all three could be enabled by science that is persistently ignored.

Susan Spilka analyzes a series of surveys from Emerald Publishing that asked both academics and the general public about the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion to society.

All modern scientists should share ownership of their knowledge and research.

As England prepares to lock down again, it should look to the example set by east Asian and African nations, says professor of global public health Devi Sridhar

Some simple checks can help separate an honest statistic from a falsehood, says author Paul Goodwin

Statisticians react to the news.

The dominant model of Article Processing Charges, whilst lowering financial barriers for readers, has merely erected a new paywall at the other end of the pipeline, blocking access to publication for less-privileged authors.

In recent months, we've all been bombarded with numbers. It's vital that we learn how to interpret them.

It is essential for physicians and scientists to speak up to counter misinformation about COVID-19 amid a culture of fear.

Links between an anti-lockdown declaration and a libertarian thinktank suggest a hidden agenda, say scientists Trish Greenhalgh, Martin McKee and Michelle Kelly-Irving

Publishers have retracted more than 20 COVID-related papers. Are they learning from their mistakes and fixing process failures?

Big moves to rebuild the scientific infrastructure are possible, argues Ulrich Dirnagl.

Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented.

Demonstrating research integrity is increasingly a demand for institutions receiving funding. However, whilst hundreds of articles have been written on the topic, precisely what this consists of is less clear.

Bad papers are still published. But some other things might be getting better.