This map shows the risk level of attending an event, given the event size and location in the US.

Scientists increasingly post images and photos on social media to share their research activities. However, posting images and photos could potentially exclude people with visual impairments. Here, we outline actions that should be taken to foster accessibility and inclusion in posting scientific images on social media.

Here’s what the Biden-Harris administration can do to repair the damage Trump has done.

As Stanford faculty members disagree - often publicly - about the best way to confront COVID-19, questions about the responsibilities and limitations of academic freedom and the university's relationship to the Hoover Institution have arisen.

The integral role of medical research charities in UK research and development is under threat from the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crisis could get much worse before the new administration takes power.

Social scientist and technology expert Zeynep Tufekci has been prescient about COVID-19 transmission. Eric Topol talks with her about how she does it and why such approaches make the difference.

The directive could make it easier to fire some agency researchers and hire others for political reasons.

New measures seek to lower the spread of the coronavirus, but some scientists say Europe should eliminate it.

A visual journey through the microscopic world of the coronavirus shows how masks provide an important defense against transmission.

DataCite and the FREYA project partners are proud to announce the official launch of DataCite Commons. DataCite Commons is the web interface to explore the PID Graph, formed by the publications, datasets, research software, and other research outputs generated by researchers working at research institutions and supported by grant funding.

Survey finds widespread support for editing, but there is little guidance from journals.

The Official PLOS Blog studies how researchers evaluate both the credibility and impact of research outputs.

From black holes at the Earth's center to decapitated quails, a group of scientists-some working for a journal from a major publisher-are prolifically publishing pseudoscience.

NASA's interest in lunar water is not purely academic.