When space debris collides with other space debris, it creates thousands more pieces of junk, a phenomenon known as the Kessler syndrome.

You might have been told off for staring out the window at school, but psychology shows us it's one of the best ways to spark new ideas and have epiphanies.

New Zealand and the European Commission announced they will enter formal negotiations on joining Horizon Europe, the EU's €95.5 billion research and innovation programme. Along with Canada, New Zealand was the first highly industrialised country to start exploratory talks with the EU on becoming an associated country in Horizon Europe. In the previous research programme, Horizon 2020, New Zealand participated as a 'third country' a status that does not offer the full benefits of association.

The European Research Area (ERA) Forum is about to enter its implementation phase, after mapping out priorities across twenty R&I policy actions proposed by the European Commission.

Agricultural engineering professor Ben Runkle has co-authored a report by leading ecosystem scientists and policy experts, calling for a scientific approach to nature-based climate solutions in the United States.

From next year, the National Health and Medical Research Council will give half of its investigator grants for mid-career and senior scientists to women and non-binary applicants.

The Science family of journals will soon allow authors to publicly share manuscripts more widely without incurring fees.

The European Commission is about to embark on assessments of the EU's research programmes, guided by a joint consultation with stakeholders opening in November. Three tasks on the agenda are a new strategic plan for the current €95.5 billion Horizon Europe research framework; evaluation of the first half of Horizon Europe; and the final assessment of the previous research programme, Horizon 2020.

Fundamental science is a gamble. Scientists set out on projects in pursuit of knowledge, hoping to answer questions that no one has answered before. But in 2007 the EU decided it would give billions to the pursuit. Fifteen years on, the European Research Council (ERC) can justly claim to be doing well. Last week, three scientists who have received ERC funding won Nobel prizes.

The UN's top leadership is reaching out to the scientific community to help inform decision making - a welcome move in a highly uncertain world.

LHC to end 2022 data-taking season two weeks early to save on electricity, among other measures.

It's all here. The draft work programmes for the next two years of the EU's Horizon Europe research programme, which the European Commission has been keeping under wraps - for the most part - have been leaked.

After many professional twists and turns, a researcher reconsiders what it means to 'make it' in academia.

On Indigenous Peoples' Day we revisit an interview with Dr. Katharina Ruckstuhl, on how we can ensure that our research infrastructure supports and respects Indigenous knowledge and knowledge management.

If the hydrogen-gobbling, methane-producing microorganisms existed, they would have caused their own demise

Astronomers are delving into the dark period between the light from the Big Bang fading and the birth of the first stars.

Is a stream of negativity putting people off academia? Let's acknowledge the good, as well as the bad.

Science Europe is organising a conference on Open Science. Institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and experts from the field are invited to this event to discuss whether Open Science is ready to become the norm in research, and how to ensure an equitable transition.

The learning scientist Manu Kapur, architect of the theory of productive failure, on reframing our notion of failure, and letting kids stumble (but with purpose).

Some of the brightest scientific minds are leaving the UK, as they lose access to European funding in the wake of Brexit, SkyNews has found.

Professor Hesham El-Askary and students in his remote-sensing lab unearth insights that could shape climate change policy around the globe.

A grassroots network led by early-career scientists offers new pathways to policy careers.

As the transnational European university alliances enter their fourth year, the European Commission is pumping in an extra €384 million to keep the initiative going. But the current alliances say the goal should be long-term sustainable support. The fourth call for proposals launched this week, will back existing alliances to expand and to launch new ones, as the scheme edges towards the goal of having 60 alliances with more than 500 member universities by mid-2024.

A new French research collective set out to answer the question.

Ahead of the annual Nobel Prize Ceremony, past laureates presented Ig Nobel Prizes to unlikely discoveries that are both peculiar and profound.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and double winner Barry Sharpless devised way to click molecules together.

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is the fifth European to take command of the ISS. She says the space station gives her hope for peace on Earth.

Targeted financial help to support researchers in Ukraine would get cash strapped institutions in the west of the country back up to speed and have a more immediate impact on the research system as a whole.

The CERN Council established a new open science policy for the organisation with immediate effect during its 209th Session in September.