You might have been told off for staring out the window at school, but psychology shows us it's one of the best ways to spark new ideas and have epiphanies.

University associations, legislators, students and other stakeholders release a declaration on ways to recruit and retain early-career researchers in academia.

New Zealand and the European Commission announced they will enter formal negotiations on joining Horizon Europe, the EU's €95.5 billion research and innovation programme. Along with Canada, New Zealand was the first highly industrialised country to start exploratory talks with the EU on becoming an associated country in Horizon Europe. In the previous research programme, Horizon 2020, New Zealand participated as a 'third country' a status that does not offer the full benefits of association.

The European Research Area (ERA) Forum is about to enter its implementation phase, after mapping out priorities across twenty R&I policy actions proposed by the European Commission.

Agricultural engineering professor Ben Runkle has co-authored a report by leading ecosystem scientists and policy experts, calling for a scientific approach to nature-based climate solutions in the United States.

From next year, the National Health and Medical Research Council will give half of its investigator grants for mid-career and senior scientists to women and non-binary applicants.

The Science family of journals will soon allow authors to publicly share manuscripts more widely without incurring fees.

Fundamental science is a gamble. Scientists set out on projects in pursuit of knowledge, hoping to answer questions that no one has answered before. But in 2007 the EU decided it would give billions to the pursuit. Fifteen years on, the European Research Council (ERC) can justly claim to be doing well. Last week, three scientists who have received ERC funding won Nobel prizes.

The European Commission is about to embark on assessments of the EU's research programmes, guided by a joint consultation with stakeholders opening in November. Three tasks on the agenda are a new strategic plan for the current €95.5 billion Horizon Europe research framework; evaluation of the first half of Horizon Europe; and the final assessment of the previous research programme, Horizon 2020.

The UN's top leadership is reaching out to the scientific community to help inform decision making - a welcome move in a highly uncertain world.

LHC to end 2022 data-taking season two weeks early to save on electricity, among other measures.

It's all here. The draft work programmes for the next two years of the EU's Horizon Europe research programme, which the European Commission has been keeping under wraps - for the most part - have been leaked.

After many professional twists and turns, a researcher reconsiders what it means to 'make it' in academia.

Astronomers are delving into the dark period between the light from the Big Bang fading and the birth of the first stars.

If the hydrogen-gobbling, methane-producing microorganisms existed, they would have caused their own demise

On Indigenous Peoples' Day we revisit an interview with Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl, on how we can ensure that our research infrastructure supports and respects Indigenous knowledge and knowledge management.

Is a stream of negativity putting people off academia? Let's acknowledge the good, as well as the bad.

Science Europe is organising a conference on Open Science. Institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and experts from the field are invited to this event to discuss whether Open Science is ready to become the norm in research, and how to ensure an equitable transition.

The learning scientist Manu Kapur, architect of the theory of productive failure, on reframing our notion of failure, and letting kids stumble (but with purpose).

Professor Hesham El-Askary and students in his remote-sensing lab unearth insights that could shape climate change policy around the globe.