Scientists hit back at a proposal to make it tougher to call findings statistically significant.

Modelled on big physics projects, the International Brain Lab will bring together some of the world’s pre-eminent neuroscientists to probe a single behaviour.

President Donald Trump has nominated Walter Copan, an expert in technology transfer, to be the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He says his top priority for the agency is to implement the Cybersecurity Framework.

More social scientists are using AI intending to solve society’s ills, but they don’t have clear ethical guidelines to prevent them from accidentally harming people.

More than half of those doing a doctorate in Switzerland come from abroad, according to the latest OECD education indicators.

Scientists from around the globe gathered for annual ceremony celebrating research that ‘first makes you laugh, then makes you think’.

Peking University joins the top 20 of the Times Higher Education subject table for the first time

The annual awards recognize the most unusual scientific achievements, such as cats that behave like liquids and tampons that play music.

An initial roster consisting only of men did not go over well at all.

US Lawmakers generally reject Trump’s proposals for deep science cuts.

Workshop on a growing threat to Europe's biodiversity and the role of Citizen Science and Open Data as a model.

Some worry that posting unvetted medical manuscripts could cause problems.

Hypothesis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are today announcing the selection of the Hypothesis open source annotation framework for the bioRxiv preprint service as their primary annotation mechanism.

Congress has rejected President Trump's plan to cut funds for biomedical research and would instead increase spending by the National Institutes of Health.

Peer review infrastructure will arrive at Crossref in one month.

Once every 4 years editors, publishers, and meta-researchers assemble in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress - an intense researchfest about "enhancing the quality and credibility of science".

Regulations are deterring research that could lead to disease treatments, say scientists.

Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen

Government takes back reserves amassed by the Italian Institute of Technology. “This is the largest investment in competitive funds for basic research of the last 20 years,” says Elena Cattaneo.

Then a lecherous professor made her life hell...

Critics say the organization is trying to intimidate young scientists.

The Reproducible Document Stack will allow authors to submit their manuscripts in a format that includes embedded code blocks and computed outputs, and for publishers to preserve these assets in an enhanced version of the published online article.

Michael N. Hall, John T. Schiller, and Douglas R. Lowy, winners of this year’s Lasker awards for basic and clinical medical research. "Planned Parenthood" honored as Republicans target it for funding cuts.

Predatory journals have shoddy reporting and include papers from wealthy nations

The UK government has called on the European Union to hold a “full and open discussion” on the terms of Britain's participation in EU research after Brexit.

€605 million to 406 researchers across Europe.

Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the "Pirate Bay of science," faces another setback in a US federal court.

As teachers launch personal brands and cast themselves as influencers, start-ups and tech giants alike are racing to cultivate them to spread their wares.

Elsevier signs up to TOP guidelines & develops new data-sharing guidelines for journals.

Britain will offer to keep paying more than £1 billion a year to the EU after Brexit to continue to participate in its science and research programmes.