An informational briefing on COVID-19.

Real-time analysis of hundreds of viral genomes helps scientists understand how the virus is spreading - but overinterpretation is a real danger.

But can they overcome free riders and concerns about higher prices?

Ils signent pétitions et tribunes pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique et la dégradation de la biodiversité, pourtant, leur incursion dans le débat public n'a rien d'évident. A l'heure des " fake news ", la communauté scientifique questionne le bien-fondé de son engagement.

A two-part thread about soap, viruses and supramolecular chemistry.

A hugely successful research system is being tested by a dispute over immigration and a deteriorating relationship with the EU.

By Rick Anderson, President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing.

From Siri to autonomous vehicles, the magic of tech innovations are wrought by human ingenuity -- and setting boundaries around these technologies is a social enterprise, with inherently cultural implications.

The coronavirus epidemic will be one of the most urgent, complex, and quickly moving stories of the year. For anyone reporting on this evolving public health crisis, here are some tips to keep in mind.

A report from joint WHO-China mission takes a detailed look at the results of response in the country hit hardest.

Physicists who were set to attend the American Physical Society's Denver conference are using virtual platforms to share their talks.

An Interior Department official has pressed scientists to include misleading climate language - including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial - into their work.

Three searchable databases provide information on global opportunities for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty members.

The long read: For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?

The major US library consortium OhioLINK has created a vision for the systems that libraries use for acquiring content from publishers, managing collections, and enabling discovery. An interview about this vision with executive director Gwen Evans.

An obituary for the African-American mathematician who played a key role in landing men on the moon.

Our largest encyclopedia overwhelmingly recognises the achievements of white men. For physicist Jess Wade, fighting this bias has been an uphill battle to ensure that the scientific contributions made by women and other under-represented communities aren’t lost to posterity.

Women mount stronger immune responses to infection, scientists say. And in China, men smoke in much greater numbers.

Machine learning spots molecules that work even against 'untreatable' strains of bacteria.

Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in their labs. Since we haven't returned to the Moon in almost 50 years, every lunar sample is precious. We need to make them count for researchers now and in the future. In a new study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, scientists found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the Moon's soil using a single grain of dust.

Harriet Swain talks to academics who are on unpredictable hours and money, often with no sickness pay.

Academic systems rely on the existence of a supply of "outsiders" ready to forgo wages and employment security in exchange for the prospect of uncertain security, prestige, freedom and reasonably high salaries that tenured positions entail.

Scientific research can be a daunting career choice for women of colour, according to a recent survey which found they face a "barrage of brief, everyday racial slights" at work.

In this special issue, the original conception of the FAIR data principles and what they are intended to cover is explained in detail.

For 17 months, the Bibsam Consortium did not have an agreement with the world's largest scholarly publisher, Elsevier. There is now a summary of the consequences for the consortium, the concerned organizations and their researchers.

Farmers could increase their revenues by increasing biodiversity on their land according to interdisciplinary research in Switzerland and Germany.

Do you know what is meant by the term 'transformative agreement' or how 'Read and Publish' deals are structured? Today we explain the concepts behind these increasingly important approaches.

Finland has already achieved considerable milestones in fostering an open science culture on a national level. A recently published evaluation highlights best practices in Finland, barriers and ideas to remove them.