Russia Widens Targeting of European Research Centres
Moscow’s academic repression is expanding into the EU, scholars say, with researchers in Europe facing cyber-attacks and designation as “extremists”.
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Politicians Vastly Overestimate Public Opposition to Climate Policies, Study Finds
Politicians Vastly Overestimate Public Opposition to Climate Policies, Study Finds
Study involving 100 sitting MPs in the UK reveals gulf between perceptions of the political class and realities of public attitudes on environmental issues such as insulation and green taxes. MPs also think the UK electorate is far more divided than it is over climate policies. Researchers find statistical evidence for a ‘spiral of silence’ effect in the British Parliament.
White House Plan for a 'Golden Age' of Science Ignores the Structures That Made the US a Scientific Superpower
White House Plan for a 'Golden Age' of Science Ignores the Structures That Made the US a Scientific Superpower
A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.
White House Calls for Science Funding Shake-Up
A new OSTP report recommends channeling funding to researchers with big ideas, not elite universities.
The US ‘Golden Age’ Science Strategy: What Europeans Need to Know
The US ‘Golden Age’ Science Strategy: What Europeans Need to Know
Is it a good faith attempt to fix problems in academia, or a smokescreen for cuts to universities and political control over science?
Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data
Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data
An uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, sea level rise, and more.
Swiss funding challenges: AI, geopolitics and growing demand
The chief of the Swiss National Science Foundation talks about the pressures on funding and having a say in EU research
Scientific Merit, Not Political Priorities, Should Guide Research Stewardship
APS Comment on Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule for Federal Financial Assistance
APS Comment on Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule for Federal Financial Assistance
The American Physical Society (APS) provides public comments regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) proposed guidance, and expresses its unequivocal opposition to this proposed rule change.
China's Tech Rise Reshapes the Global Space Race
China is pulling ahead in global research rankings and expanding its ambitions in space. With growing technological leadership, Beijing is positioning itself as a rival to the United States on a global scale.
Science as Europe’s Fifth Fundamental Freedom: Joint Statement by the Leopoldina, the ERC and Four European Academies
Science as Europe’s Fifth Fundamental Freedom: Joint Statement by the Leopoldina, the ERC and Four European Academies
Europe can only deliver on its ambitions with research and innovation, proposes, among other things, establishing the free movement of knowledge as a fifth European freedom, alongside the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital.
Science, Interrupted: The Lasting Impact of Terminated Grants
The week ended on a Friday afternoon last spring with two emails from Northwestern University's Sponsored Research office telling a researcher that two of his National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants had been terminated.
A Year In, the Trump Administration is Exercising "Gold Standard" Suppression of Science
The EIC should take more risks, says Commission research chief Marc Lemaître
White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process
A new rule would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international collaboration, limit funding for publication fees, and make other alterations to the funding review process.
Science is Rising: Finding Our Power to Protect Science and Democracy
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year's spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
'Science Needs Defending': Record Number of Researchers Run for Office in US Mid-terms
'Science Needs Defending': Record Number of Researchers Run for Office in US Mid-terms
Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration's cuts to science - whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.
Researchers Warn Against Securitized Response to Global Biodiversity Loss
Researchers Warn Against Securitized Response to Global Biodiversity Loss
Scientists have warned that a new UK Government report risks distorting evidence and driving ineffective policy by framing ecological degradation and its impacts on migration as a security threat.
EPA Sets 'no Surprises' Science Policy, Reassigns Researchers
Staff expressed frustration with how the transfers are being handled and perceive them as yet another measure to traumatize the workforce.
What a Recent Court Win Reveals About the Trump Administration's Unlawful Attacks on Climate Science
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