Sarah Gagliano Taliun's mother tongue is English, science's lingua franca. Her move to a French-speaking university presented challenges and opportunities.

Enormous databases do not necessarily allow scientists to solve long COVID mysteries, such as how well vaccination protects against the condition.

The study shows evidence that the Sustainable Development Goals have had largely a discursive influence and only limited transformative political impact.

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Experts say the country's strong scientific performance is likely to be sustained in the coming years.

Springer Nature editors urge consideration of the potential harms of all research relating to human populations, not just that directly involving human participants.

Some British researchers who had secured Horizon Europe funding have already been told that their grants will be cancelled.

The world has changed a lot since our last global survey of PhD students in 2019. This year's survey includes master's students for the first time.

The Swiss National Science Foundation's 'narrative' template seeks evidence of applicants' wider contributions to science.

A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires.

The country has been increasing research funding for decades, but its rigid, time-bound approach to research assessment is stifling basic science.

New framework aims to improve inclusion and ethics in global research collaborations amid wider efforts to end exploitative practices.

A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.

As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.

The world's largest online encyclopedia mirrors society's bias towards male achievements. Employers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine can help to change that.

Authors will be prompted to provide details on how sex and gender were considered in study design.

A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.

Scientists say little is being done to address declining research funding, low morale and job insecurity.

Omicron relatives called BA.4 and BA.5 are behind a fresh wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, and could be signs of a more predictable future for SARS-CoV-2.

The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.

Developers of artificial intelligence must learn to collaborate with social scientists and the people affected by its applications.