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The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Don't Know
Nature examines arguments that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab in China, and the science behind them.
Quantum Leap for Medical Research As Microscope Zooms in on Tiny Structures
Australian scientists develop a microscope that works with 35% more clarity, raising hope for improvements in medical imaging.
No Going Back: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Changed Research Infrastructures
Europe’s research labs scrambled to make the best use of their resources and offered remote access for researchers during the pandemic. Some of these changes are set to become a permanent feature.
The Black Hole: Finding Hope in the Darkest of Places
Professor Heino Falcke discusses how our discovery of the black hole feeds our hunger for looking further, for collaboration, and for hope.
Scientific Publishing Needs to Embrace the Rapid Correction
Scientific publishing needs to stop treating error-checking as a slightly inconvenient side note and make it a core part of academic research.
Evidence Snapshot Climate Change
This evidence snapshot represents just the tip of the iceberg of the many studies of climate change that have seen climate change transition from a scientific curiosity to a global environmental, socioeconomic, political, and technological grand challenge.
The Changing Ecosystem of Lake Constance
Lake Constance forms a natural border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland - and its ecosystem is changing. Newly arrived aggressive residents include spiny-cheek crayfish, zebra mussels and killer shrimp. Will they displace native species?
Why is Scientific Collaboration Key? 4 Experts Explain
Pressing global challenges including the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and future global health crises will require collaboration.
Researchers' Career Insecurity Needs Attention and Reform Now, Says International Coalition
Researchers' Career Insecurity Needs Attention and Reform Now, Says International Coalition
Postdocs and PhD students around the world require professional training to prepare them for a possible career outside academia, finds the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The Replication Crisis Won't Be Solved with Broad Brushstrokes
A cookie-cutter strategy to reform science will cause resentment, not improvement.
Nasa Spacecraft Captures First Closeups of Jupiter's Largest Moon in Decades
Juno passed within 645 miles of Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon since 2000.
White Smoke? EU Deal over Quantum, Space Research Lets Horizon Europe Proceed
White Smoke? EU Deal over Quantum, Space Research Lets Horizon Europe Proceed
Researchers from Israel, Switzerland, Britain and other non-EU countries may be allowed to join the EU's quantum and space research projects, under a deal between representatives of member states and the European Commission reached this week. The agreement could end months of uncertainties around international participation in sensitive R&D projects in Horizon Europe, the EU's new €95.5 billion R&D programme.
No Room for Discrimination or Harassment
Discrimination and harassment violate scientific integrity – but the damage they do goes beyond that.
European Commission Drops Plan to Ban UK from Science Projects
Move comes after concerns from diplomats that Britain was being treated as if it posed a similar risk to China.
Climate Tipping Points Could Topple Like Dominoes, Warn Scientists
Analysis shows significant risk of cascading events even at 2C of heating, with severe long-term effects.
Congress is Set to Make a Down-payment on Innovation in America
Federal spending on research is about to get a boost | United States
Practical Guide to Sustainable Research Data
This Practical Guide provides guidance to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of research data, and supports organisations to provide a framework in which researchers can share their output in a sustainable way.
Academics Are Overworked and Underpaid Says OECD Report Looking at How to Improve Researcher Careers
Academics Are Overworked and Underpaid Says OECD Report Looking at How to Improve Researcher Careers
It's Not You, It's Me: EU-Switzerland Science Relationship Status Faces Uncertain Times
It's Not You, It's Me: EU-Switzerland Science Relationship Status Faces Uncertain Times
Prolonged discussions about associate status and the breakdown of negotiations on EU-Switzerland relations has left Swiss universities bracing for potential exclusion from the €95.5 billion programme.
Mars: Nasa's Perseverance Rover's First 100 Days in Pictures
Stunning images as Nasa's Perseverance continues its mission to seek signs of past microbial life.
Just Because Your Early Career Was Hell Doesn't Mean Others' Has to Be
Just Because Your Early Career Was Hell Doesn't Mean Others' Has to Be
The responsibility for better culture lies with the workplace itself. Reporting on burnout and the future of work, this article explores lasting shifts in workplace culture.
SHAPE-ID: Final Event & Toolkit Launch
Pathways to Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: The SHAPE-ID Toolkit. Join us on 10 June for our final event and the launch of our project toolkit, which offers tools and resources to help researchers, research organisations, funders, policymakers, and societal partners make informed decisions about developing and supporting inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Coronavirus Variants Get Greek Names - but Will Scientists Use Them?
From Alpha to Omega, the labelling system aims to avoid confusion and stigmatization.
A Time Capsule for Future Social Researchers
We ask prominent scholars to select a visual artifact of this time that will help future researchers understand the Covid-19 crisis.
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think
I can't see them. Therefore they're not real." From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged in February 2019 from Fox & Friends presenter Pete Hegseth, who was referring to … germs.