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Universities Must Stop Protecting Bullies OR More People Will Leave Science
Letting powerful academics off the hook and punishing the people they bullied sends the message that abuse is acceptable in academia.
NSF Set to Issue Lowest Number of New Grants in Four Decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
NIH Proposes Major Revamp of How It Scores Research Grant Proposals
NIH Proposes Major Revamp of How It Scores Research Grant Proposals
Homophily in Grant Evaluations
This study examines whether similarity between applicants and evaluators influences grant-review outcomes. The findings contribute to ongoing debates about fairness, bias, and the design of competitive research-funding systems.
How to make your science business succeed when you’re a female founder
How to make your science business succeed when you’re a female founder
Why Scientists Should Lead the Shift Away from AI Mega Data Centres
Why Scientists Should Lead the Shift Away from AI Mega Data Centres
Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI's environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.
Despite Global Turmoil, Gen Z Researchers Are Not Giving Up
Despite Global Turmoil, Gen Z Researchers Are Not Giving Up
When the Best Decision is No Decision: the Rise of Randomization in Grant Funding
When the Best Decision is No Decision: the Rise of Randomization in Grant Funding
If reviewers can't reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.
Job Insecurity is Chipping Away at Me and My Cohort. Is It Us, or the State of the Economy?
Papers with Open Peer-review Reports Are Less Likely to Be Retracted
Papers with Open Peer-review Reports Are Less Likely to Be Retracted
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US
International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US
Could Small-team Science Be Dying Out?
Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind
Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind
Will Making 'replication Studies' Easier to Find Help Science Self-correct?
Will Making 'replication Studies' Easier to Find Help Science Self-correct?
Support for Climate and Biodiversity Policies Differs Across Cultural Worldviews in Japan
Support for Climate and Biodiversity Policies Differs Across Cultural Worldviews in Japan
Climate policy support varied more across cultural worldviews than biodiversity policy support, according to a survey in Japan.
Nobel-winning Chemist Leaves US to Direct AI Materials Lab in China
China Boosts Prestigious Grants for Young Scientists - Will It Ease Competition?
China Boosts Prestigious Grants for Young Scientists - Will It Ease Competition?
'Humanizer' Tool Can Erase Signs of AI-written Text - Alarming Scientists
'Humanizer' Tool Can Erase Signs of AI-written Text - Alarming Scientists
How FAIR Data Are Helping to Build Trust in Science
Universities Are Relying on AI-detection Software to Catch Cheating. How Well Do the Programs Work?
Universities Are Relying on AI-detection Software to Catch Cheating. How Well Do the Programs Work?
Six Ways to Put the Public at the Heart of Science and Policy
Have People Stopped Trusting Science? The Data Tell a Surprising Story
Have People Stopped Trusting Science? The Data Tell a Surprising Story
Why Paying Peer Reviewers Works, According to a Journal's Editor-in-chief
Why Paying Peer Reviewers Works, According to a Journal's Editor-in-chief
Scientists Should Recognize Their Own Political Biases to Build Public Trust
Scientists Should Recognize Their Own Political Biases to Build Public Trust
Why Science Needs the Humanities More Than Ever
From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.