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Can Science Be Both Open and Secure? Nations Grapple with Tightening Research Security As China's Dominance Grows
Can Science Be Both Open and Secure? Nations Grapple with Tightening Research Security As China's Dominance Grows
Scientific R&D drives economic competitiveness, military technology and national security. Governments are trying to balance research security with protecting the openness that makes science work.
The Impact of Winning Funding on Researcher Productivity, Results from a Randomized Trial
Advising Governments About Science is Essential but Difficult. So Train People to Do It
Advising Governments About Science is Essential but Difficult. So Train People to Do It
A great scientist doesn't necessarily make an effective science adviser - but schooling and practice can help to bridge the gap.
Limited Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge Forecasts Collapse
This paper examines how patterns of knowledge diffusion can forecast the collapse of scientific 'bubbles', highlighting that sustained scientific advancement requires diverse audiences.
Study raises concerns about the climate change and global conflict crises
Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives
Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives
The swift evolution of AI technologies calls for policymakers to consider and proactively manage AI-driven change. This OECD's report distils research and expert insights on prospective AI benefits, risks and policy imperatives.
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Frontier scientific discoveries increasingly rely on big-science research infrastructures. This study investigates the effects of one of China’s prominent big-science infrastructures on the country’s production of science.
An Academic Great Gatsby Curve - How Much Academic Success Inherited?
To what extent does academic success follow success? The dynamics of citation and wealth inequality may be surprisingly similar.
Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa
Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa
How a Congolese Foundation supports the development of women scientists.
A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change
A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change
Climate change and economic inequality are critical issues, and we still lack understanding of the interaction between them. Multi-model analysis shows how climate policies compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement, including revenue-redistribution schemes, can reduce inequality-particularly in the short and medium terms.
Racial Bias Can Taint the Academic Tenure Process — At One Particular Point
Nearly 50% of Researchers Quit Science Within a Decade, Huge Study Reveals
Researchers in Hungary Raise Fears of Brain Drain After 'body Blow' EU Funding Suspension
Researchers in Hungary Raise Fears of Brain Drain After 'body Blow' EU Funding Suspension
A survey of early-career academics finds that one in four is considering moving abroad amid concerns of stigmatization from some international colleagues.
One-minute Phone Breaks Could Help Keep Students More Focused in Class and Better in Tests
One-minute Phone Breaks Could Help Keep Students More Focused in Class and Better in Tests
Researchers conducted a term-long experiment that showed that allowing college students to use their phones for just one minute could result in less phone use d
What Harmful Microbes Are Lurking in the World's 7 Billion Tonnes of Plastic Waste?
What Harmful Microbes Are Lurking in the World's 7 Billion Tonnes of Plastic Waste?
Pathogenic viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive on plastic. The biohazard risks of this 'plastisphere' shouldn't be overlooked in efforts to tackle the pollution crisis.
Becoming Scientific-Environmental Citizens Through Citizen Science in China
Becoming Scientific-Environmental Citizens Through Citizen Science in China
This article advocates for a closer study of the forms of citizenship nurtured among individual participants in citizen science (CS) projects by highlighting some salient features of CS in China.
US Politicians Support Climate Action when Linked to Certain Other Issues
US Politicians Support Climate Action when Linked to Certain Other Issues
The US House of Representatives is more likely to vote on climate action when it is linked with certain other environmental issues
The Impact of Winning Funding on Researcher Productivity, Results from a Randomized Trial
The Impact of Winning Funding on Researcher Productivity, Results from a Randomized Trial
In this small randomized trial, research funding did not have a clear impact on researcher productivity. However, the expanded use of modified lotteries in the allocation of grant funding has the potential to revolutionize the measurement of research productivity.
Nudge Theory Is Making Inroads in Health Care, With Mixed Results
Nudge Theory Is Making Inroads in Health Care, With Mixed Results
Nudges designed to coax patients toward healthier choices don't always work. Behavioral scientists want to know why.
Can Better Biotech Finally Replace Lab Animals?
Replacing research animals with tools that better mimic human biology could improve medicine.
Unstable Funding ‘Constrains’ Diamond Open Access in Africa
Journals that do not charge authors or readers struggle with staffing and budgeting, study finds
A Model of Faulty and Faultless Disagreement for Post-hoc Assessments of Knowledge Utilization in Evidence-based Policymaking
A Model of Faulty and Faultless Disagreement for Post-hoc Assessments of Knowledge Utilization in Evidence-based Policymaking
When evidence-based policymaking is so often mired in disagreement and controversy, how can we know if the process is meeting its stated goals?
Do Large Language Models Have a Legal Duty to Tell The Truth?
Leading experts in regulation and ethics at the Oxford Internet Institute, have identified a new type of harm created by LLMs which they believe poses long-term risks to democratic societies and needs to be addressed by creating a new legal duty for LLM providers.
Partisan Politics and Perceptions of Immorality
Democrats and Republicans overestimate the percentage of people in the opposing party who approve of widely agreed-upon moral wrongs, such as theft or animal abuse, according to a study. According to the authors, correcting the basic morality bias is an effective approach to combat political dehumanization.
Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality
Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality
This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.
Enhancing the Right to Science
Enhancing the right to science is increasingly recognized as a central piece in the multi-facetted puzzle of solving the triple planetary crisis. Its role as a cross-cutting catalyst in relation to other human rights dimensions of major global challenges from pandemics, biodiversity, toxics to climate change, calls for far more comprehensive attention to the bundle of rights linking science, scientists and scientific practice to contemporary sustainability responses
Why Scientific Integrity Matters Now More Than Ever
This year, 49% of the world will go to the polls. Political support for science-informed policy is not a given. Maria Caffrey, a whistleblower who defended scientific integrity under the Trump administration, offers advice on media engagement during this time.
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