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AI-generated Text is Overwhelming Institutions - Setting off a No-win 'arms Race' with AI Detectors
Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists.
UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants
UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants
The boss of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the public body which spends £8bn of taxpayer money each year on research and innovation in the UK, has warned the organisation faces "hard decisions" on funding future projects.
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’.
Which of Donald Trump’s changes are likely to last—and which will fade?
USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Science, but Some Think the U.S. Is Lagging Behind
In Scientific Publishing, Who Should Foot the Bill?
Switzerland's Climate Researchers Reveal the Emotional Side of Science
Science Needs Disagreement. What Makes Some Disagreement Useless?
Science Needs Disagreement. What Makes Some Disagreement Useless?
Changing geopolitical environment reshapes science, technology and innovation policy, says OECD
Changing geopolitical environment reshapes science, technology and innovation policy, says OECD
Rising geopolitical tensions and security concerns about emerging critical technologies are reshaping international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI), according to a new OECD report.
China’s Historic Rise to the Top of the Scientific Ladder
For decades, Western scientists and policymakers dismissed China’s research boom as a matter of quantity over quality. Those days are over. In 2024, China achieved what seemed impossible just a few years ago, overtaking the United States in the number of publications appearing in the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.
Under President Trump's Direction, Scientific Protections Are Disappearing at Record Speed
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
In December 2023, the press office for Science (and the Science family of journals) decided to explore whether ChatGPT Plus had potential as a tool to help writers