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What Kind of Science Is This?: On the Documenta Fifteen "Expert Panel" - Notes - E-flux
Prime Minister Scraps Science Policy Body in Cabinet Shake-up
The number of cabinet committees has been slimmed down from 20 to just six, with the National Science and Technology Council among those abolished.
China Bets Big on Brain Research with Massive Cash Infusion and Openness to Monkey Studies
China Bets Big on Brain Research with Massive Cash Infusion and Openness to Monkey Studies
Ambitious $746 million program aims to complement big neuroscience projects in Europe and the United States.
Championing the Role of Technicians
As the start of the 2022/23 academic year begins, it’s timely to draw attention to technicians who play a critical role in higher education and research.
Open Letter: Open Science Should Provide Support, Not Impose Sanctions
Open Letter: Open Science Should Provide Support, Not Impose Sanctions
Beyond ideological boundaries, the Open Science movement should address the question of whether and, if so, under which framework conditions “closeness” can be appropriate in global, political crises. Openness must not be abused to place sanctions in global, political crises by closing open offers.
Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron
Feminists have generated a set of tools to make science less biased and more robust. Why don't more scientists use it?
Mapping ERC Frontier Research
The ERC funds curiosity-driven research without predetermined thematic priorities. Even so, ERC grantees often tackle global challenges in their research, offering innovative and sustainable solutions. With the intention to map the breadth and diversity of the research it supports, the ERC analysed the content of the projects funded under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation. The analysis gives a comprehensive picture of ERC frontier research across scientific fields, including interdisciplinary crossovers and collaborations.
Climate Council Releases Science-backed Plan to Turbocharge Australia's Race to Zero Emissions
Climate Council Releases Science-backed Plan to Turbocharge Australia's Race to Zero Emissions
THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has unveiled 10 game-changing actions Australian governments can immediately get cracking on to fast-track emissions reductions, tackle the energy and cost-of-living crises, and create tens of thousands of new jobs.
African Ministers Back Science and Education Fund
Government representatives welcome novel mechanism but do not commit funding
Good Health Policy Requires High-Quality Evidence
In the health spending debate, what policy makers need most is an honest, realistic, and evidence-based discussion. Unfortunately, many studies in the public arena fall far short.
Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
Climate tipping points are conditions beyond which changes in a part of the climate system become self-perpetuating. These changes may lead to abrupt, irreversible, and dangerous impacts with serious implications for humanity.
New U.K. Prime Minister Brings Worries About Research Funding and Climate Measures
Liz Truss may not honor promises by outgoing leader Boris Johnson to make the United Kingdom a "science superpower".
Climate scientists are becoming climate activists as governments fail to heed warnings
Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk
Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk
About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.
What is Fog Data Science? Why is the Surveillance Company So Dangerous?
An Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation of public records acquired from dozens of state and local law enforcement agencies has uncovered a widely-used mass surveillance technology.
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
Fed up with what they saw as inaction by policymakers, three climate change scientists called on their colleagues to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting process.
Beyond the Survival of the Global Humanities
Over the past several years, scholars and critics have begun to talk about the survival of the humanities rather than its crisis. This essay traces the emergence of a rhetoric of salvation and survival in academic advocacy literature, evident in the genres, arguments, and metaphors that writers use to describe the academic humanities.
How Do Policymakers Decide Whom to Help?
The article analyzes what happens when governments use predictive modeling to allocate critical resources.
Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Critical for the Well-being of People and Nature
Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Critical for the Well-being of People and Nature
Sustainable use is when biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are maintained while contributing to human wellbeing.
The Public Futures of the Humanities
The challenge of demonstrating the value of the humanities can never be fully accomplished by showing that the humanities serve other disciplines.
Voyager 1: Earth's Farthest Spacecraft
Voyager 1 continues to explore the cosmos along with its twin probe, Voyager 2.
Science Opponents Believe Their Knowledge Ranks Among the Highest, but It is Actually Among the Lowest
Science Opponents Believe Their Knowledge Ranks Among the Highest, but It is Actually Among the Lowest
People with the greatest opposition to the scientific consensus tend to have the lowest levels of objective science knowledge but the highest levels of self-rated knowledge.
Open Access Is Essential for Low-Income Countries
Findings show that countries in sub-Saharan Africa publish and cite open access literature at a higher rate than the rest of the world.
CHIPS and Science Act Will Provide Billions for STEM Programs
The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act promises billions of dollars in funding to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) research and production at government agencies, private companies, and colleges and universities across the U.S. It also includes provisions to increase diversity in STEM education and the workforce and to promote socioeconomic development for underserved communities.