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Science and the Common Good: Reconceptualising the Relationship

Science and the Common Good: Reconceptualising the Relationship

Science is often judged by measurable outcomes, which can undermine collaboration and the common good. A view is proposed in which science helps create and sustain flourishing communities through shared practices and values.

Nations Expanding Their Research Programmes Impose Sweeping Penalties for Malpractice

Nations Expanding Their Research Programmes Impose Sweeping Penalties for Malpractice

India, Peru and Vietnam are rolling out policies that limit opportunities for scientists who fall foul of research-integrity guidelines.

Protecting Science from Government Intimidation

Protecting Science from Government Intimidation

This past July, computer scientists across the US were granted temporary relief when a federal court blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its unconstitutional policy of censorship at the border.

White House Plan for a 'Golden Age' of Science Ignores the Structures That Made the US a Scientific Superpower

White House Plan for a 'Golden Age' of Science Ignores the Structures That Made the US a Scientific Superpower

A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.

The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics

The Guardian view on the Lovell telescope: budget cuts to physics are bad science and worse politics

Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans.

Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet

Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet

One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as new UK prime minister has been to abolish the government’s dedicated science department. Responsibility for the science and innovation portfolio now lies with the business department.

Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science

A Year In, the Trump Administration is Exercising "Gold Standard" Suppression of Science

A Year In, the Trump Administration is Exercising "Gold Standard" Suppression of Science

Rather than encouraging high quality science, the Trump administration is disingenuously invoking "gold standard science" as a means to suppress it.

Addressing Power Concentration: What to Do About the Office of Management and Budget?

Addressing Power Concentration: What to Do About the Office of Management and Budget?

Protecting institutional autonomy in the future requires a realignment of the power and incentive structures that produce policy outcomes.

Administration Explains National Science Board Firing As Criticism Grows

Administration Explains National Science Board Firing As Criticism Grows

The White House says the board's firing was necessary to comply with a 2021 Supreme Court decision.

Key US Science Panels Are Being Axed - and Others Are Becoming Less Open

Key US Science Panels Are Being Axed - and Others Are Becoming Less Open

A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies - and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.

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.

Science a Source of Hope When Britons Have an Otherwise Bleak View of the Country

Science a Source of Hope When Britons Have an Otherwise Bleak View of the Country

New technologies and scientific breakthroughs top the list of hope for the future in national survey, published this spring, outlining the attitudes of the British public towards science.