Studies have found that the field is plagued by a singular problem of gender bias. The latest evidence comes from the types of questions posed at seminars.

Technology that speeded the development of Covid vaccines has potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry.

The European Commission says it can exclude Chinese participation in Horizon Europe and other sensitive research projects using new powers to exclude third countries that do not share ‘EU values’.

What the data says about forced togetherness amid a pandemic.

HHMI announces the selection of 21 exceptional early career scientists as 2020 Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in biomedical research. The 2022 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition will open later this year.

A preprint promoted by a member of the UK Parliament for claiming to show that vitamin D led to an “80% reduction in need for ICU and a 60% reduction in deaths” has been removed from a server used by The Lancet family of journals.

Chemical pollution is a global threat that demands for global action, says Zhanyun Wang. An interface body similar to the IPCC could help bridge the gap between science and policy.

Contribute to covering the fees for AfricArXiv preprint hosting on the Open Science Framework (OSF).

The Zotero iOS app is coming soon.

Experts fear false narratives about vaccines could slow down the task of inoculating people and create other problems in the future.

A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time.

Nature is polling readers about the move to online meetings during the COVID pandemic.

Join the next call on open research communication projects to share and discuss emerging projects and significant updates for ongoing ones.

At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.

Questioned psychology papers linger on in meta-analyses.

European Space Agency aims to take on 26 people for missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars

The wintry weather that has battered the southern US and parts of Europe could be a counterintuitive effect of the climate crisis.

Covid human challenge study to start in weeks and will expose adults to virus in controlled environment.

The average American spends almost one hour each day commuting to work, a number that adds up quickly.

WHO plans to release a summary report of the mission’s finding as early as this week; a full report will come later.

The two initiatives have come together in their shared objective to help scientists and the public navigate the high volume of important new research.

The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.

Open science means action. And the way we offer recognition and reward to academics and staff is key in bringing about the transition that we aim for.

Find backs theory that bluestones first stood at Waun Mawn before being dragged 140 miles to Wiltshire.

The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the program had fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.

Policy changes are needed to aid female scientists, emphasized by new data from a global survey of 20,000 Ph.D. holders.

The MIT Libraries has negotiated two new open-access publishing agreements with the nonprofit publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS) that allow all MIT authors to publish in all PLOS titles with no publishing fees.

Nearly half of all physics chairs report their department is under some level of threat, ranging from closure to budget cutbacks. Physicists offer perspectives on how faculty can respond proactively.