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Beyond deprioritizing scientific merit, the Trump administration’s proposal also restricts researchers’ ability to share their findings and collaborate with each other.
A study in mice reveals how pregnancy hormones influence the brain’s reward system, helping explain why newborns become a mother’s priority.
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
If we want to be reminded what real damage to a science system looks like, we only need to glance across the Atlantic.
As Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, Sam Neill portrayed a scientist who was authentic, normal and relatable. For many budding paleontologists, it was life changing.
Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.
Publishing and having access to scientific articles is an expensive business for research institutions. Fortunately, there are content providers out there who deliver rigorous material that’s free of charge.
As more people turn to chatbots for support, new research is exploring a potential role for AI in spotting early signs of depression.
A group of researchers examine the communication barriers impacting social science professionals’ credibility and how people make sense of their expertise.
Solutions for food systems exist; scaling them is where the challenge lies.
At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
There is evidence of people who crossed gender boundaries even in ancient civilizations, though the terms naming them have evolved over time.
New research into the ancient Whakamaru supereruption reveals how multiple underground magma systems combined to unleash one of Earth’s most explosive events.
The Global Ocean Observing System informs weather forecasts and climate projections. But funding pressures could create data gaps leaving the world blind.
The move reshapes how future assessments of chemical dangers will be carried out, and if they’ll be ignored, delayed or understated to benefit industry.
Hasty adoption of AI may erode the scientific culture and human relationships that sustain rigorous research.
Canada must decide what kind of country it wants to be: One that generates new scientific knowledge, or one that waits for other nations’ discoveries.
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
A five-year study of Australian media found three quarters of science stories quoted men.
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