Peer Review is Broken, and Pedagogical Research Has a Fix
The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven't tracked across into the practice of peer review. Why not?
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Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Discover why summer holidays often bring rainy weather and explore the science behind our UK's unsettled summer weather patterns.
What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen-at the United States' expense-as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.
Science communication on TikTok: toward transformative and post-normal science
Science communication on TikTok: toward transformative and post-normal science
What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem
An inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater than the sum of the parts.
How Academics Are Pushing Back on the For-Profit Academic Publishing Industry
These scholars are fighting the rampant exploitation and high article processing charges in traditional academic publishing.
Report: EU Third After China and USA in Generative AI - Science & Tecnology - Ansa.it
Report: EU Third After China and USA in Generative AI - Science & Tecnology - Ansa.it
Education, healthcare, public administration, science, industrial ecosystems: the advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), represented by ChatGpt, intersects every segment of society. (ANSA)
Proposals As Partnerships
The grant proposal process could be a place for innovation and an avenue for institutional change for universities and research.
ISC Expert Group Publishes Nature Sustainability Comment on Scientific Priorities for Plastics Treaty
ISC Expert Group Publishes Nature Sustainability Comment on Scientific Priorities for Plastics Treaty
The Expert group on plastic pollution convened by the International Science Council outlines science-based recommendations to inform the final stages of plastics treaty negotiations and a robust and effective instrument.
Can a Better ID System for Authors, Reviewers and Editors Reduce Fraud?
Unverifiable researchers are a harbinger of paper mill activity. While journals have clues to identifying fake personas, there isn’t a standard template for doing so.
How Science is Used in Policymaking
The author experienced first-hand how science and policy intersect and are used in government during a week in Westminster and offers tips for engaging with policymakers.
How Do Retractions Impact Researchers' Career Paths and Collaborations?
How Do Retractions Impact Researchers' Career Paths and Collaborations?
About 46% of authors leave their publishing careers around the time of a retraction, a new study has found.
Science Requires Ethical Oversight - Without Federal Dollars, Society's Health and Safety Are at Risk
Science Requires Ethical Oversight - Without Federal Dollars, Society's Health and Safety Are at Risk
There are several steps between research on seemingly esoteric subjects and breakthrough medical treatments. Ethical oversight at every stage ensures science and society ultimately benefit.
U.S. Scientists’ Lives and Careers are being upended. Here are Five of their Stories
Prepare to Laugh and Learn with Horrible Science
Get ready for a brand-new comedy sketch series brought to you by the award-winning team behind Horrible Histories
A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It
A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It
The new Trump administration has been more reckless and destructive than the first time around. The Union of Concerned Scientists is working to monitor, contain, and reverse this administration’s abuses of science.
What Is Citizen Science And Why Should Policymakers Care?
This blog explores why citizen science matters and how governments can support its growth through inclusive strategies, robust infrastructure, and international collaboration.
Trump's NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That's Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science
Trump's NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That's Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science
The Trump administration has rescinded the scientific integrity policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and it's a bad sign for public confidence in government science. At a time when Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades and worry about bird flu's pandemic potential is ri
Five Trends In The Publishers-Sustainability Nexus
Five developments that illustrate how the relationship between sustainability and scholarly publishers is changing over time.
20 Scientific Facts That Sound Like Science Fiction
Modern science regularly pushes the boundaries between reality and imagination. Hidden in research papers and laboratory findings lie discoveries so extraordinary they challenge common understanding. These aren't hypothetical possibilities or theoretical concepts - they're verified scientific facts that seem to belong more in science fiction than reality. Glass That Bends Deep in the oceans lives … Continue reading "20 Scientific Facts That Sound Like Science Fiction"
'Trust Me, I'm A Scientist': Report Sheds Light on Global Trust in Scientists
Sci&Tech Writer Olly Ashton analyses global attitudes towards science
An Ecosystem of Resilience and Resistance is Emerging
History shows how to protect science from Trump’s attacks, write Stephan Lewandowsky and colleagues
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