A physicist from Imperial College London is on a mission to bust what she calls the "big misconception" about scientists. Dr Jess Wade started to create and edit Wikipedia pages at the beginning of 2018 to "better represent women and people of colour" on the online encyclopedia. She's now amassed a portfolio of more than 900 new pages but says the project is about more than the numbers. Speaking to ITV News on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Wade said: "Something magical can happen if you stumble across a profile that looks a bit like you. "You realise you could be like that too".

The future scientific relationship is the European Research Council's biggest challenge, new head says.

In a victory for science and public health, a federal court determined that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot exclude scientists who have received EPA research grants - who happen to be mainly academic scientists from research universities - from serving on its advisory panels.

Scientists describe 20.75C logged at Seymour Island as 'incredible and abnormal'.

Repositories like INA-Rxiv and IndiaRxiv boost regional science, but finding cash to run them is proving difficult.

Lack of antibody tests obscures impact of the novel virus.

The Swiss Federal Council has renewed Martin Vetterli's term as president of Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), upon the recommendation of the ETH Board. The professor of communication systems will therefore lead EPFL for a second four-year term that will begin on 1 January 2021.

Nearly a third of universities have used non-disclosure contracts for student grievances since 2016.

Academics are warning that universities restrict their freedom by surveilling social media posts.

Here is a roundup of key takeaways from our studies of U.S. public opinion about science issues and their effect on society.

New research finds male college students are more likely to ask for grade changes.

New outbreak comes as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus struggles to raise more money, thwart Ebola, and fight health misinformation.

The president's new budget would cut more than $3 billion in global health programs.

Women have made significant contributions to the field of science, but often their invaluable advances have been minimized or ignored.

Long-running controversy had drawn extensive attention.

The conference will debate the role of the editor in supporting and promoting sustainable science, and ensuring diversity through stimulating plenary speakers, panel discussions and interactive sessions.

Students should actively consider and prepare for the work they are personally most suited to, whether within or beyond the academy.

The measurements used to make the original argument made very little sense.

The present outbreak of lower respiratory tract infections, including respiratory distress syndrome, is the third spillover, in only two decades, of an animal coronavirus to humans resulting in a major epidemic.