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Ph.D.-turned-policy Insider Takes over World's Largest Science Society

Ph.D.-turned-policy Insider Takes over World's Largest Science Society

Sudip Parikh will become the new CEO of AAAS (which publishes Science) as the 171-year-old association pursues its mission to advance science and serve society.

Diversity in Science Prizes - A Call to Action: Tell Us Your Views

Diversity in Science Prizes - A Call to Action: Tell Us Your Views

Is there a diversity issue in international science prizes? We explore this issue and ask our members and the scientific community to share their ideas by taking our online survey.

Chinese Professor Accused of Spying, Barred from Entering Schengen Area

Chinese Professor Accused of Spying, Barred from Entering Schengen Area

Security services in Brussels say Song Xinning, former head of Confucius Institute at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, worked as a recruiter for Chinese intelligence services.

Research Culture: One Year on

Research Culture: One Year on

One year ago, the Royal Society hosted the Research culture: Changing expectations conference. The conference ended with a call to action for attendees to consider how they could improve research culture in their own institutions. In this blog we report back on a snapshot of the work of some of these individuals and organisations.

Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun to Air-Condition the Outdoors

Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun to Air-Condition the Outdoors

Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors"><meta name="description" content="For Qatar, global warming is an engineering problem. But while it may be able to cool outdoor malls and stadiums, it cannot cool the entire country.

Healthcare Algorithm Used Across America Has Dramatic Racial Biases

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.

India Will Skip Plan S, Focus on National Efforts in Science Publishing

India Will Skip Plan S, Focus on National Efforts in Science Publishing

The government's "directions will be entirely determined by the interests of Indian academia and of India", according to K. VijayRaghavan, the principal scientific adviser to the Government of India.

German University Finds 'severe' Misconduct by Researcher Who Promoted Questionable Cancer Blood Test

German University Finds 'severe' Misconduct by Researcher Who Promoted Questionable Cancer Blood Test

Court prevents publicity for investigations into Heidelberg University Hospital cancer test scandal

The State of Open Data 2019 - Global Attitudes Towards Open Data

The State of Open Data 2019 - Global Attitudes Towards Open Data

Figshare has launched its annual report The State of Open Data 2019. While most trends are encouraging around the adoption and acceptance of open data, the research community is now demanding more enforcement of the mandates that have been adopted by many governments, funders, publishers and institutions around the world.

Industry Dominates Trump’s New Council of Science Advisers

Industry Dominates Trump’s New Council of Science Advisers

President Trump revived the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on Tuesday after nearly two years without it.

Zika: Researchers Are Learning More About The Long-Term Consequences For Children

Zika: Researchers Are Learning More About The Long-Term Consequences For Children

In the three years since it ended, the pandemic has become an object of obsession for scientists, who have published more than 6,000 research papers about it. What did they conclude? 

Swiss Elections: Landslide Green Gains Tip Parliament to the Left

Swiss Elections: Landslide Green Gains Tip Parliament to the Left

Green parties have made major gains at the expense of parties across the political spectrum in elections to the Swiss parliament, where environmental concerns dominated campaigns in the run-up to Sunday's vote.

What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?

What's Behind The Research Funding Gap For Black Scientists?

Racial disparities in funding may be partly caused by topic choice, study finds.

Brexit Uncertainty Sees UK Share of EU Research Funding Drop from 16% to 11%

Brexit Uncertainty Sees UK Share of EU Research Funding Drop from 16% to 11%

The UK's share of EU research funding has fallen dramatically because of Brexit uncertainty, with the country's take home from the EU Horizon 2020 programme cut by almost €500 million since 2015, according an analysis by the Royal Society.

Boosting Inclusivity in the Nobels

Boosting Inclusivity in the Nobels

After the euphoria of 2018, this year's Nobel prizes in chemistry, medicine and physics have again all been awarded to men. Here are three ways to encourage change.

Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract That Upset Employees

Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract That Upset Employees

Diane Greene, the head of Google's Cloud business, is said to have told employees that it was backing away from the A.I. work with the military.

British Heart Foundation £10m Data Science Centre Set in Train

British Heart Foundation £10m Data Science Centre Set in Train

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Health Data Research UK have set up a £10m data science centre

Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Force Climate Action

Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Force Climate Action

Hundreds of scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable human suffering.”

European Academies Call for Excellence, Fairness and Openness in the Implementation of Horizon Europe

European Academies Call for Excellence, Fairness and Openness in the Implementation of Horizon Europe

ALLEA submitted a statement to the European Commission calling for a strong and well-resourced framework programme guided by principles of excellence, fairness and openness, and making concrete suggestions on their implementation in the current draft of the Commission’s Strategic Plan on Horizon Europe.