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The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act promises billions of dollars in funding to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) research and production at government agencies, private companies, and colleges and universities across the U.S. It also includes provisions to increase diversity in STEM education and the workforce and to promote socioeconomic development for underserved communities.
Here's what the science says about driving while high on marijuana. In short: It's complicated.
It is suggested to revamp the peer review process to make it less about tearing down the work of others, and more about helping authors improve their papers.
The psychologist Steven Pinker has long believed we should be more optimistic - and even current crises do not dissuade him.
This paper examines how automation and digitalisation influence the way everyday scientific work practices are organised and conducted. Drawing on a practice-based study of the field of synthetic biology, the paper uses ethnographic, interview and survey data to offer a sociomaterial and relational perspective of technological change.
Researchers of the ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS have closely analysed the characteristics of cosmic dust based on laboratory experiments and measurement data collected by space missions.
British foreign secretary triggers formal dispute proceedings with Brussels over British access to EU science programs.
Calorie availability and extent of food shortages for each nation are estimated following regional or global nuclear war, including impacts on major crops, livestock and fishery production.
Though fictional, the book raises a very real question: Can the human capacity to imagine alternate climate futures actually help generate new, more hopeful realities?
CubeSats packed on Artemis 1 will target lunar ice-if their batteries don't fail them
Within the scientific community, the words "open science" have been on everyone's lips in recent years. Open science entails a great promise of a democracy of knowledge, and it is considered to be a universally good thing.
New technology involving miniature human organs built in a lab is a step towards better treatments and ending a contentious practice.
Humans' presence on Earth led to catastrophic climate crises and threatened the planet's inhabitants. But can we say that humans are an invasive species?
Nature investigates multiple instances of scholars on working visas experiencing abuse and salary discrimination.
In the first of a four-post series, we explore: the phenomenon of diversity tax and its impact on marginalized individuals.
The SNSF has been awarding grants to research projects across all scientific disciplines since 1952. How has the amount of funding evolved over time?
Demographers must work together so that officials can produce numbers all can trust.
Between 2018 and 2020 China published 23.4% of the world's scientific papers, eclipsing the US.
Democrats in the US Senate are celebrating the passage of hugely significant bill on climate change - but what impact will it have, at home and abroad?
Most international scholars do not report experiences of bullying because they fear retaliation, including threats to cancel visas. But they can take action.
Examining how social media affects the public cognitive and affective factors further influences their attitudes towards COVID-19 governance policy.
With perseverance and adaptability, this scientist found his way forward.
As action on climate change becomes ever more urgent, it requires ever greater public action. The next stage of the transition to net-zero emissions demands changes to the vehicles we drive, the way we heat our homes and our choices as consumers.
The human species' capacity to imagine can help create new and more hopeful climate realities and boost citizen engagement, researchers maintain.
Researchers found 127 systematic reviews and clinical guidelines that cited already retracted papers.
Could the universe be an elaborate game constructed by bored aliens?
