Trump and Harris Are Sharply Divided on Science, but Share Common Ground on US Technology Policy
Trump and Harris Are Sharply Divided on Science, but Share Common Ground on US Technology Policy

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A new survey of climate experts reveals that a majority believes the Earth to be headed for a rise in global temperatures far higher than the 2015 Paris Agreement targets of 1.5 to well-below 2°C.
The debate over the teaching of history in schools portends a future war on ideas that includes the natural sciences.
Shifting what and who is valued will strengthen the research system, writes UKRI chief executive.
This article advocates for a closer study of the forms of citizenship nurtured among individual participants in citizen science (CS) projects by highlighting some salient features of CS in China.
In this small randomized trial, research funding did not have a clear impact on researcher productivity. However, the expanded use of modified lotteries in the allocation of grant funding has the potential to revolutionize the measurement of research productivity.
The US House of Representatives is more likely to vote on climate action when it is linked with certain other environmental issues
More interdisciplinary research may have greater relevance and be more heavily cited in policy documents.
Academics say there has been no serious response from FAO to their complaints of "serious distortions" in report
If artificial intelligence-created content floods the internet, who decides what online information is worth archiving?
Some journal articles on the Taylor & Francis website now bear a pop-up notification stating the papers are "currently under investigation."
There remain misconceptions and blindspots in the debate around diamond open access publishing. A realistic assessment of the sustainability this approach needs an agnostic assessment of its total costs and viability as a business model.