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If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more.
Additional funding will cover biodiversity and “bridging” grants to next EU research programme amid plummeting success rates
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSL, CAS) and PLOS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the Open for Science 10 (OS10) programme.
Scientific retractions remain rare but have become increasingly common. We set out to explore whether gender disparities in the likelihood of having retractions exist, both among highly-cited authors and among all authors with ≥ 5 publications.
Current assessment systems rely heavily on bibliometric indicators such as publication counts, co-authorship, and citation metrics, which do not reliably reflect research quality or scientific rigor.
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
If AI is making access to knowledge less scarce, what role to do universities have in delivering it?
A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models - especially over the past few years.
Speculation starts around the scope of Canada’s associate member status, and how universities could help shape it
Brussels says Hungary’s new government has addressed rule-of-law breaches, including on corruption and conflicts of interest
Looking at what people search for online reveals what South Africans think about environment issues over the last twenty years.
Academia is dysfunctional, says the White House, and needs radical solutions. But is the research reform agenda being used to defund universities, or moving too fast?
Budget pragmatism prompts shift of bottom-up funding for institutions to programme area devoted to collaborative research.
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data - but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here's how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.
