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This study found that the association between low performance in an introductory STEM class and failure to obtain a STEM degree is stronger for underrepresented minority (URM) students than for other students, even after controlling for academic preparation in high school and intent to obtain a STEM degree.
Science, technology and innovation research is not focused on the most pressing problems: taking climate action, addressing complex underlying social issues, tackling hunger and promoting good health and wellbeing.
A new open access charter by Lero, the SFI research centre for software, aims to make publicly-funded research in Ireland openly available.
Targets specific locations is something that activists and experts have been pushing for in terms of pollution reduction.
The Clinton administration's outreach to meteorologists persuaded some television weathercasters to include climate as part of their day-to-day presentations and others to follow suit over time, improving Americans' understanding of the climate crisis.
A newly discovered type of transferable DNA structure with a sci-fi name appears to play a role in balancing atmospheric methane. In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over the galaxy. Here on nonfictional planet Earth
A major new international study finds that global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments and funding bodies.
Does forcing students to mandatorily publish a research paper before thesis submission lead to a high-quality PhD thesis, or does high-quality PhD work lead to publications in good journals? This question is unlike the chicken...
Ph.D. students who belong to minoritized groups experience challenges with interpersonal understanding and social ties.
When space debris collides with other space debris, it creates thousands more pieces of junk, a phenomenon known as the Kessler syndrome.
If intelligence analysis is to improve, we must learn from our new understanding of cognitive bias.
The Living Planet Report 2022 of WWF reveals global wildlife populations have plummeted by 69%. The staggering rate of decline is a severe warning that the rich biodiversity that sustains all life on our planet is in crisis.
Astronomers are delving into the dark period between the light from the Big Bang fading and the birth of the first stars.
The learning scientist Manu Kapur, architect of the theory of productive failure, on reframing our notion of failure, and letting kids stumble (but with purpose).
Some of the brightest scientific minds are leaving the UK, as they lose access to European funding in the wake of Brexit, SkyNews has found.
A grassroots network led by early-career scientists offers new pathways to policy careers.
Ahead of the annual Nobel Prize Ceremony, past laureates presented Ig Nobel Prizes to unlikely discoveries that are both peculiar and profound.
The CERN Council established a new open science policy for the organisation with immediate effect during its 209th Session in September.
During its 209th Session in September, the CERN Council approved a new policy for open science at the Organization, with immediate effect.
The number of cabinet committees has been slimmed down from 20 to just six, with the National Science and Technology Council among those abolished.
Ambitious $746 million program aims to complement big neuroscience projects in Europe and the United States.
