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AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn't discredit science in general.

Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns

Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns

Discover why summer holidays often bring rainy weather and explore the science behind our UK's unsettled summer weather patterns.

What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen-at the United States' expense-as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.

European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

The European Commission has suggested blocking Israel from a grant targeting start-ups, as EU outrage grows at Israel's food blockade of Gaza, which has begun to cause widespread starvation in the besieged territory.

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Top appropriators in both parties have signaled disagreement with Trump's proposals for deep cuts and indirect cost caps.

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

National Science Foundation employees are among the latest federal scientists to issue a statement expressing concern over the Trump administration’s actions. The statement refers to “a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF.”

Communicating Science is an Uphill Struggle for Europe's Researchers

Communicating Science is an Uphill Struggle for Europe's Researchers

Communicating science to the public has been a part of the job for academic researchers for years, but the rise of social media and growing misinformation about science has raised the stakes. As national funders take steps to better prepare their researchers for public engagement, EU programmes are struggling to meet demand for support.

Silent Power Guzzlers: Switzerland's Booming Data Centres

Silent Power Guzzlers: Switzerland's Booming Data Centres

Data centres are popping up across Switzerland, driven in part by demand for AI. They come at a cost: by 2030, the centres could consume 15% of the country's electricity.

What Happens When the Nuts and Bolts of Science Diplomacy Come Loose?

What Happens When the Nuts and Bolts of Science Diplomacy Come Loose?

US science diplomacy has focused too much on preventing transfer of sensitive technology instead of on international collaboration.

EU Urged to Exempt Research Spending from Deficit Rules

EU Urged to Exempt Research Spending from Deficit Rules

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is calling on the EU to introduce a major change to its rules to encourage member states to invest more in R&D: decouple national research and innovation investments from deficit rules until the EU's 3% of GDP target is met.

National Science Foundation Staff Decry Trump's 'Politically Motivated' Cuts

National Science Foundation Staff Decry Trump's 'Politically Motivated' Cuts

Workers allege illegal terminations, censorship and collapse of scientific review standards

New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery

New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery

Where does scientific discovery happen, and why does it matter? A recent analysis by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School professor of Public Policy, and Connie Xu, a Harvard PhD candidate in health policy, finds that strong scientific institutions play a significant role in output in the life sciences.

Building Bridges Between Knowledge Production and Policy Decision-making

Building Bridges Between Knowledge Production and Policy Decision-making

Last May, scientists, political figures and members of Senegalese civil society met in Dakar to discuss the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems. At the core of the discussions was the national structuring of science-policy interfaces, spaces for exchange between two worlds that sometimes struggle to agree. This provided an opportunity to talk with Astou Camara, a researcher at the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA), about the need to more effectively connect research and policy.

Democrats Cite More Science Than Republicans in Policy Documents

Democrats Cite More Science Than Republicans in Policy Documents

Analysis of U.S. policy documents reveals very little overlap in the science that Democrats and Republicans cite, deepening concerns over shared facts.

Science and Democracy Under Siege

Science and Democracy Under Siege

The first six months of President Trump’s second term have been characterized by destruction of democratic processes, divisive and vindictive actions, and chaos in federal government agencies.

Six Months of Trump: Six Ways the Research World Has Changed

Six Months of Trump: Six Ways the Research World Has Changed

The administration has slashed federal science budgets, pulled grant funding and pressurised universities.