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The director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy plays a critical role in achieving the president's science goals. Facilitating cooperation among the dozens of research agencies is key.
An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.
Lack of free access to research leads to discrimination, both in academia and for us all. The new guidance from the US is a huge step in the right direction.
It's time we stopped using the brain as shorthand for machines
Even some climate change scientists who sit on the IPCC think the organisation needs a rethink.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to 'greenwash' their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
If we want real public understanding of new findings, we must also open up peer review.
All modern scientists should share ownership of their knowledge and research.
Scientists and science publishers are sharing information as fast as they can during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speed and openness bring new challenges, but they are the way forward for research.
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.
Scientists introduced credible climate change to the world in 1979, but it's taken decades for their message to sink in.
Most plant life survived the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - and they have a lack of legs to thank for it.
Open access publishing still profits publishers, with little added value for researchers.
The Global State of Young Scientists Africa project investigates the challenges that shape the career trajectories of young African scientists.
There are many reasons why scientists collaborating with artists makes sense, now more than ever.
Key areas of focus for tweaking peer review include making journal editors more directive in the process, rewarding reviewers, and improving accountability of editors, reviewers and authors.
Mobilising value from science and technology needs help from thinkers, designers, makers, policymakers, and enablers - and this expertise often sits in the humanities, arts and social sciences domain.
