By releasing astronomers’ data before they’ve had a chance to analyze the information, NASA will make research less fair and equitable

Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) jointly released new government-wide guidance  and an accompanying implementation memorandum for Federal Agencies on recognizing and including Indigenous Knowledge in Federal research, policy, and decision making. This announcement coincides with the Biden-Harris Administration's 2022 Tribal Nations Summit and…

Along with New Zealand, Canada will soon be the first country to join Horizon Europe under new rules that allow "like minded" democracies with strong science systems to associate, regardless of where they are in the world.

The European Parliament has launched a permanent forum to debate new policies and laws to protect academics in the EU against interference from government or other sources, after experts raised the alarm over the erosion of academic freedom in Europe.

For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. But two papers discovered in libraries are now playing a key role in lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies accountable for climate change.

China's top leadership changes reflect the prioritization of space, science, and technology.

Indigenous communities' knowledge and approaches enrich studies.

A need for community drove Jennifer Geddes-McAlister to found a network for mothers in science. Here's what she learnt.

Ukrainian researchers are planning for a brighter future for their country, despite ongoing bombing and electricity shortages. A delegation from Ukraine's research community, led by first deputy minister for education and science, Andrii Vitrenko, came to Brussels last week for the first joint meeting on research and innovation with the European Commission. 

Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult

Arctic scientists are scrambling to modify projects that had involved Russian researchers as the war in Ukraine wears on, leaving questions about whether a data gap from such a key partner might be harmful to the ongoing body of scientific knowledge in the region.

Based on a survey of over 3000 researchers worldwide, Economist Impact identified important actions that should be considered if mistakes are not to be repeated during future health emergencies.

Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life

CERN has been a model for how to support large-scale research collaboration. Given the challenges facing democracy today related to the information environment, a similar level of effort is required for research on the information environment.

Researchers relieved by decision to reaffirm previous spending commitments.

EU policymakers have reached a deal on the budget for next year, and with the focus squarely on tackling the fallout from the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis, research and innovation do not feature at the top of the policy priorities.

Interventions designed to improve agricultural practices often lack a solid evidence base. A new initiative could change that.

The EU moved to exclude the UK from Horizon Europe calls on sensitive quantum projects in October due to doubts over the country's willingness to provide EU researchers with reciprocal access to UK programmes and to comply with intellectual property rules. The move reverses the EU's previous decision to accept UK participation in more mature quantum projects with high 'technology readiness levels'.

Nations agree that no one should own territories in space, but legal debates about owning and selling materials extracted from the moon, planets and asteroids are quickly becoming points of tension

The path to peace usually leads through a ceasefire. In an international project, ETH Zurich researchers have shown the conditions under which parties to civil wars are willing to stop fighting – and why they decide to do so.

Taking carbon out of the atmosphere will become increasingly important.

Political tensions mean both nations have been shut out of the EU's prestigious Horizon programme.

This article analyzes changes in the speed of publication of research articles over the last ten years.

The planet, as authoritarian capitalism's plaything, is subject to real-world economic-ecological downward spirals. And yet exorbitant space exploration projects continue to build escapist dreams on extractivism. And the threat of nuclear war continues to push at the limits of tenuous environmental stability.

Ukraine urgently needs new doctoral schools to train its next generation of academics, according to a senior Ukrainian science administrator. He warned that, without that and other measures to stop "internal brain drain", many researchers are fleeing universities for better paid IT jobs in order to make ends meet. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, European countries have launched countless schemes and scholarships to help displaced Ukrainian students and academics.

Predatory journals - even the term is controversial - have been a vexing problem for many years, and have certainly been a subject of coverage at Retraction Watch and elsewhere.

Tuesday's votes will chart the course for the future of health care access, affordability, and public health writ large.

Researchers project changes ahead for federal science if Republicans take control of either chamber of Congress.

António Guterres is heading to Cop27 for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging.