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EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting.
Could Agentic AI Topple Grant-Funding Systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Trump Fires Independent Board Overseeing National Science Foundation
Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation
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.
Nothing is "100% Human Authored" - LSE Impact
Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, creative human individual.
Can ChatGPT Evaluate Research Environments?
Can Large Language Models (LLMs) support the process or validate expert evaluations? ChatGPT-4o mini scores correlated positively with expert scores in almost all 34 (field-based) Units of Assessment (UoAs).
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
Teaching early-career researchers how to respond to peer reviewers
Teaching early-career researchers how to respond to peer reviewers
This article describes a course module that introduces MSc students at Utrecht University in the Netherlands to this part of the publication process.
Researchers Show Strong Interest in MSCA Staff Exchange 2026 Call
The latest call under the MSCA Staff Exchanges has drawn significant global attention, with 416 proposals submitted before the 16 April 2026 deadline
Sci Hub has created a new AI chatbot. Is it any good?
Largest illegal database of scientific papers has gaps in recently published literature, but its chatbot can still prove useful—especially for less-timely questions
Europe Should Align Research and Innovation Policy with its Energy Security Goals
Europe Should Align Research and Innovation Policy with its Energy Security Goals
New technologies are needed to help break the EU’s dependence on foreign energy supplies.
Israeli Participation in Horizon Europe Halves as Boycotts Bite
Israeli Participation in Horizon Europe Halves as Boycotts Bite
Country’s wars against Iran and Lebanon have renewed debate over whether Europe should sever research ties.
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.
Outlining Scalable Policy Pathways to Address the Planetary Crisis
UNU-CPR and partners launch new report translating breakthrough science into actionable policy for planetary health.
AI Doom Warnings Are Getting Louder. Are They Realistic?
Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks.
MEPs Adopt Long-Term Budget Report with €200 Billion for Next Horizon Europe
MEPs Adopt Long-Term Budget Report with €200 Billion for Next Horizon Europe
The European Parliament’s budget committee has adopted an interim report and compromise amendments calling for a stronger, predictable EU budget from 2028.
Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research
Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research
Robustness checks and reproduction of analyses with existing and updated data based on 110 articles in economics and political science journals with data and code-sharing requirements found high levels of robustness and reproducibility and determined that robustness was not dependent on author characteristics or data availability.
Academic freedom declines in US and 49 other countries, survey finds
Academic freedom declines in US and 49 other countries, survey finds
The US has seen a particular drop in university autonomy, which has fallen by 50% in the past decade, faster than several countries moving toward autocracy
Science a Source of Hope When Britons Have an Otherwise Bleak View of the Country
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.
'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.
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