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How Science Journals are Confronting the 'Existential' Question of Politics this Election
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Frontier scientific discoveries increasingly rely on big-science research infrastructures. This study investigates the effects of one of China’s prominent big-science infrastructures on the country’s production of science.
A Scientific Showdown seeks the Biological ‘Clock’ that best tracks Aging
A contest with $300,000 in prize money aims to improve molecular assays needed to test aging treatments.
How Job-seeking Scientists Should Walk the Line Between High-calibre and Humble
Public-private Partnerships Should Be Preserved in FP10, Says Eszter Lakos
Public-private Partnerships Should Be Preserved in FP10, Says Eszter Lakos
Universities Not in Favour of Dual-use Research
Ig Nobel Prize Goes to Team Who Found Mammals Can Breathe Through Anuses
What We Talk About When We Talk About Impact
Despite Strong Interest in Physics, Some Universities Are Shuttering Departments
Harris Vs. Project 2025: Competing Science Visions
Science should save all, not just some
Discussions around global equity and justice in science typically emphasize the lack of diversity in the editorial boards of scientific journals, inequities in authorship, “parachute research,” dominance of the English language, or scientific awards garnered predominantly by Global North scientists. These inequities are pervasive and must be redressed. But there is a bigger problem. The legacy of colonialism in scientific research includes an intellectual property system that favors Global North countries and the big corporations they support. This unfairness shows up in who gets access to the fruits of science and raises the question of who science is designed to serve or save.
Scientists Are Falling Victim to Deepfake AI Video Scams - Here's How to Fight Back
With yet another term in sight for Venezuela’s Maduro, scientists hold little hope for their future
In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species
Enhancing the Right to Science
Enhancing the right to science is increasingly recognized as a central piece in the multi-facetted puzzle of solving the triple planetary crisis. Its role as a cross-cutting catalyst in relation to other human rights dimensions of major global challenges from pandemics, biodiversity, toxics to climate change, calls for far more comprehensive attention to the bundle of rights linking science, scientists and scientific practice to contemporary sustainability responses
Associate Editors: Please Jump in the Mosh Pit
What Are the Three Main Political Parties Promising on Science at the UK Election?
'It Can Feel Like There's No Way Out' - Political Scientists Face Pushback on Their Work
A Scientist For President
If elected, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would bring an extensive background in science and engineering to Mexico’s presidency. But many researchers are anxious about how she would govern.