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Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?

Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?

Last month, UCS published Science and Democracy Under Siege: Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration's Destructive Actions, a report that catalogs 402 attacks on science between January 20 and June 30, 2025.

Even Honest Research Results Can Flip - a New Approach to Assessing Robustness in the Social Sciences

Even Honest Research Results Can Flip - a New Approach to Assessing Robustness in the Social Sciences

When academic studies get things wrong, it is often blamed on misconduct. Yet even good-faith research can produce contradictory conclusions.

As Science Faces External Attacks, It Needs to Look Within to Defend and Reform

As Science Faces External Attacks, It Needs to Look Within to Defend and Reform

Rather than just defending the status quo, scientists should use data to understand and fix their own institutional problems

Why being open about science can make people trust it less, and what to do about it

Why being open about science can make people trust it less, and what to do about it

When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems like health, climate change and new technology. But if people stop trusting science, it's easier for false information to spread, and harder to solve those problems.

Trump's New Executive Order Threatens US Scientific Freedom

Trump's New Executive Order Threatens US Scientific Freedom

A new executive order grants Trump appointees authority over all US federal research funding. Critics say the order is an authoritarian assault on science.

What's Driving UK Universities to Set Up Campuses in India in a Changing Global Education Order?

What's Driving UK Universities to Set Up Campuses in India in a Changing Global Education Order?

Study Abroad News: Driven by policy changes and an increasing youth population, top UK universities like Birmingham and Southampton are establishing campuses in India. 

Male Researchers Retract More Papers Than Their Female Peers

Male Researchers Retract More Papers Than Their Female Peers

A new global study reveals that male researchers have higher paper retraction rates than their female peers. We spoke to the lead author to find out why this could be the case.

PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues

PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues

A new PNAS study uses openly available articles to map the scale of paper mill and peer review ring activity across scholarly publishing.

Science|Business Summer Reads of 2025

Science|Business Summer Reads of 2025

The EU science policy world is still digesting last month's proposals for the next €175 billion Framework Programme, plans that have set in motion years of haggling over budgets, regulation clauses and committee makeups. But as Brussels empties for August, and the research bubble decamps to the Riviera, Alps or somewhere further afield, it's a good time to take a step back and ask: what is all this policymaking and funding for? What kind of scientific and technological future do we want? 

Trump's Chief Science Adviser Faces a Storm of Criticism: What's Next?

Trump's Chief Science Adviser Faces a Storm of Criticism: What's Next?

US researchers were hopeful when Donald Trump appointed Michael Kratsios to a top science position, but many say he has contributed to the chaos. Can he turn things around?

Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

News News: President Trump's executive order gives political appointees control over federal science grants, requiring agencies like NIH and NSF to ensure funding.

The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The first half of 2025 saw Brussels consumed by a debate over the future of the EU's research and innovation programme, which ended with a legislative proposal that quenched long-running rumours of Horizon Europe's demise.

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes

EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

The European Commission's (EC) proposal for the next multiannual budget clearly emphasizes security as a priority

EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

From 2014 to 2024, national budget allocations for R&D increased by 59.5% across the EU's present members, according to data from Eurostat.