This article summarises common errors when talking to policymakers about research and looks at how to improve the relationship between researchers and policymakers.

Ever wondered how the Swiss education system works? Then this graphic is for you.

Switzerland has lost an important tool for shaping the European science agenda, complains a high-level research group.

An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process.

If only there was a list of words all scientists can share—words that will baffle outsiders unfamiliar with the pressures we face, but that every scientist will understand.  This article proposes, in alphabetical order, some that you might find useful.

Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?

The microblogging platform has transformed research communication, but its future is in doubt.

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff discuss the deficiencies in reading proficiency recently observed in the United States, provide an overview of possible culprits, and recommend how to solve the issue.

From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year's significant scientific developments.

Switzerland and other rich countries want to maintain privileged access to vaccines and life-saving treatments - putting global public health at risk.

The European Parliament is facing a reputation crisis after Eva Kaili, one of the its 14 vice presidents, was arrested over corruption charges last Friday. Kaili was one of four people arrested following 16 police searches in Brussels, during which €600,000 cash was seized. Following the arrest, Parliament president Roberta Metsola warned that "European democracy is under attack."

From COVID to space exploration, graphics helped tell some the year’s most important stories

Life may have originated in deep sea vents, without the need for DNA or RNA

In recent weeks, the European Commission outlined its health strategy and the steps needed to be in a better position to tackle future health emergencies.

JAKARTA - Indonesian academics have called out the government for banning five foreign scientists after they questioned official claims of an increase in the country's orangutan population, warning that the move sets a disturbing precedent for academic freedom. In a statement to the government, scientists grouped under the Academic Freedom Advocacy Team called the ban […]

The ERA was launched in January 2000, in the year that the EU set itself the ambitious goal to become by 2010, "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world", as part of its Lisbon strategy. One of the key planks of the strategy was to raise overall R&D investment within the European Union to 3% of GDP.

Laura Rego Alvarez, Head of Science Policy & Regulation, Cruelty Free International, discusses the science and ethics behind alternatives to animal testing 

When science minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the government would be awarding CA$1 billion to research projects, scientists soon realised that the $1 billion was existing, not new, money.

Caught in a system eager for success stories, a PhD student from an underrepresented background learns how to balance his challenges in the lab with his desire to serve his community.

The world is losing species alarmingly fast. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent science and policy group, says a million species face extinction. Few animals bring these unsettling losses into sharper focus than birds: Populations of 49% of avian species are decreasing, according to a September 2022 report by […]

Scientists raced to gather the strongest ever biodiversity evidence base. Time is running out to use it.

The recently concluded climate COP also demonstrated how science is integral to multilateralism. Yes, the outcome was a mixed bag. The language on 1.5 degrees C and ending fossil fuels was weak, but we did see history made with a loss and damage fund.

China's capital city still has a higher research output, but its innovating second city is catching up.

For years, big advances in science and technology have propelled economic growth world-wide. Now, as geopolitical tensions mount, leaders of the US scientific community fret that rising government security measures may kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

Some questionable practices show the publisher is greenwashing.

Likely Republican control of the House presages fiery hearings attacking Biden, but also gridlock

When women refuse requests to do unrewarded tasks, another female colleague often gets asked instead.

Quantum computers have the potential to change the world as profoundly as electricity did.