Naomi Oreskes: 'Discrediting Science is a Political Strategy'
The Harvard professor on science and scepticism - and why climate deniers have run out of excuses.
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What Hypocrisy, I Think Guiltily, As I Jet off to Academic Conferences Far and Wide
Healthcare Algorithm Used Across America Has Dramatic Racial Biases
The U.S. health care system uses commercial algorithms to guide health decisions. A study found evidence of racial bias in one widely used algorithm, such that black patients assigned the same level of risk by the algorithm are sicker than white patients.
Block on GM Rice 'has Cost Millions of Lives and Led to Child Blindness'
Block on GM Rice 'has Cost Millions of Lives and Led to Child Blindness'
Eco groups and global treaty blamed for delay in supply of vitamin-A enriched Golden Rice
'The Way Universities Are Run is Making Us Ill': Inside the Student Mental Health Crisis
'The Way Universities Are Run is Making Us Ill': Inside the Student Mental Health Crisis
The long read: A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities' job to fix it?
AI Equal with Human Experts in Medical Diagnosis, Study Finds
Research suggests AI able to interpret medical images using deep learning algorithm.
If World Leaders Choose to Fail Us, My Generation Will Never Forgive Them | Greta Thunberg
If World Leaders Choose to Fail Us, My Generation Will Never Forgive Them | Greta Thunberg
We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth, says climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The Silenced: Meet the Climate Whistleblowers Muzzled by Trump
Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science - and why they won't stay quiet.
UK Universities Welcome U-turn on Student Visas
The UK government’s announcement of its plans to offer extended post-study work visas for international graduates of UK universities has received an unusual response - unalloyed praise from the higher education sector.
Switzerland Was Sent into Scientific Exile. No Deal Could Mean the Same for Britain
Switzerland Was Sent into Scientific Exile. No Deal Could Mean the Same for Britain
EU-backed research projects were slashed after Switzerland voted to curb immigration. The UK should take note.
We Scientists Must Rise Up to Prevent the Climate Crisis. Words Aren't Enough
Ebola Now Curable After Trials of Drugs in DRC, Say Scientists
Congo results show good survival rates for patients treated quickly with antibodies.
Overseas Students Face 'unacceptable' Visa Costs After Outsourcing
Universities fear chaos in September as private company struggles with workload.
Without These Women, Man Would Not Have Walked on the Moon
Numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses, helped put a man on the moon. Here are the stories of some of those women.
Cambridge's One-on-one Teaching Model is Based on Exploiting Graduates
As lecturers, we're protesting today to persuade the university to pay its PhD teaching staff proper wages
Black Academics Bear the Brunt of University Work on Race Equality
From mentoring to focus groups ethnic minority academics and students are under pressure to close the 13% attainment gap.
Cambridge Teaching Staff to Protest on Open Days over Insecure Work
Casual contracts causing extreme levels of personal and financial hardship, union claims.
Scientists Shocked by Arctic Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Sooner Than Predicted
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
Photograph Lays Bare Reality of Melting Greenland Sea Ice
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
The Five: Unsung Female Scientists
The history of science has often seen women's work overlooked and their credit stolen.
Swiss Women Strike to Demand Equal Pay
Hundreds of thousands protest against ‘culture of sexism in everday life’.
Brexit 'may Bar UK Scientists from €100bn EU Research Fund'
Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon Europe
'It's Cut-throat': Half of UK Academics Stressed and 40% Thinking of Leaving
Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows
Why the Guardian is Changing the Language It Uses About the Environment
From now, house style guide recommends terms such as 'climate crisis' and 'global heating'.
EU Students Could Face Higher Fees to Study in UK from 2020
Higher education groups call on government to clarify its policy on tuition costs
Black Hole Picture Captured for First Time in Space Breakthrough
Network of eight radio telescopes around the world records revolutionary image.
BethAnn McLaughlin: 'Too Many Women in Science Have to Run the Gauntlet of Abuse and Leave'
BethAnn McLaughlin: 'Too Many Women in Science Have to Run the Gauntlet of Abuse and Leave'
The neuroscientist talks about her website to expose sexual 'harassholes' in science
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