Britain's 'Brutal' Cuts to Overseas Aid Put African Science Projects in Peril
Lifesaving research on fighting drought and climate change at risk after snap decision to halt crucial funding.
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UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
Major research projects will be cancelled, including those designed to head off future disease threats, warn scientists.
Europe Moves to Exclude Neighbors from Its Quantum and Space Research
The European Commission is trying to block countries outside the European Union from participating in quantum computing and space projects under Horizon Europe, its new research funding program.
Why Virus Variants Have Such Weird Names
B.1.351 may sound sweet to a molecular epidemiologist, but what's the alternative, other than stigmatizing geographical names?
The Vaccine Rollout Makes It Clear: the Randomness of Nationality Still Determines Our Lives
The Vaccine Rollout Makes It Clear: the Randomness of Nationality Still Determines Our Lives
Not one Covid jab had been administered in 130 of the world's poorer countries by mid-February, says the Guardian editor, author and presenter Kanishk Tharoor.
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can't wait.
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.
'A Million Euro-babies': EU Fetes 30 Years of Student Exchanges
The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the program had fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.
Jeremy Farrar: Until We Are All Safe, No One is Safe. Covid is a Global Problem
Jeremy Farrar: Until We Are All Safe, No One is Safe. Covid is a Global Problem
The head of the Wellcome Trust warns that vaccines and research must be shared equitably among all nations
Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth
It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It's Solving Ecological Mysteries.
It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It's Solving Ecological Mysteries.
UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Call for "Open Science"
UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Call for "Open Science"
The first draft text of the UNECSO Open Science Recommendation is currently open for comments.
Covax: Covid Vaccine Global Effort Gets China's Support
Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.
A New Test from the WHO Could Be a Game Changer in the Fight Against Covid
A New Test from the WHO Could Be a Game Changer in the Fight Against Covid
New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge
The Visa Woes That Shattered Scientists' American Dreams
Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by the Trump administration's visa restrictions.
Nature Index 2020 Top Science Cities
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and with Communities, A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge
Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and with Communities, A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge
UNESCO is launching international consultations aimed at developing a Recommendation on Open Science for adoption by member states in 2021. Its Recommendation will include a common definition, a shared set of values, and proposals for action. At the invitation of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, this paper aims to contribute to the consultation process by answering questions such as: • Why and how should science be "open"? For and with whom? • Is it simply a matter of making scientific articles and data fully available to researchers around the world at the time of publication, so they do not miss important results that could contribute to or accelerate their work? • Could this openness also enable citizens around the world to contribute to science with their capacities and expertise, such as through citizen science or participatory action research projects? • Does science that is truly open include a plurality of ways of knowing, including those of Indigenous cultures, Global South cultures, and other excluded, marginalized groups in the Global North? The paper has four sections: "Open Science and the pandemic" introduces and explores different forms of openness during a crisis where science suddenly seems essential to the well-being of all. The next three sections explain the main dimensions of three forms of scientific openness: openness to publications and data, openness to society, and openness to excluded knowledges2 and epistemologies3. We conclude with policy considerations. A French version of this paper is available here: https://zenodo.org/record/3947013#.Xw-Ksx17nOQ
US Stays Away As World Leaders Agree Action on Covid-19 Vaccine
Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research, treatment and medicines across the globe. But the United States did not take part.
We Created This Beast
Opinion piece argues that there is nothing 'natural' about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Social distancing is like a general strike: an experiment taking back control over our own time.
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Tracking the closure of the borders that governments implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Coronavirus: Three Things All Governments and Their Science Advisers Must Do Now
Coronavirus: Three Things All Governments and Their Science Advisers Must Do Now
Follow World Health Organization advice, end secrecy in decision-making and cooperate globally.
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
Strengthening Capacity for Natural Sciences Research in African Research Institutions
A qualitative assessment to identify good practices, capacity gaps and investment priorities, whose results could serve as strategic investment targets for the joint efforts of national governments and international organisations that fund programmes for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
Global Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research
Government science advisers in a dozen countries are asking scientific journals to make data on the disease more widely available.
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
COVID-19: Funding Bodies Around the World Pledge New Money for Virus Research
Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.
Why Do People Migrate In Europe? A New Online Tool Explains
Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior
A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.
UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science
UNESCO Launches a Global Consultation to Develop a Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science
In the context of pressing planetary and socio-economic challenges, sustainable and innovative solutions must be supported by an efficient, transparent and vibrant scientific effort - not only stemming from the scientific community, but from the whole society. Go directly to the questionnaire.
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