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How Do Plants with Seedless Fruit Reproduce?

Everett Mendelsohn, Who Linked Science and Society, Dies at 91

To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of How Policies Are Implemented
To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of How Policies Are Implemented
Well-designed policies alone cannot prevent social harm from new technologies. Instead, watchdogs must have tools to scrutinize how such policies are implemented, paving the road for digital accountability.

Science Activism Is Surging, Marking A Culture Shift Among Scientists

Spanish EU Presidency to Spearhead Strategic Direction for Research and Innovation Policy
Spanish EU Presidency to Spearhead Strategic Direction for Research and Innovation Policy
Europe, closer: with that statement of intent Spain has kicked off its six-month stint leading the EU. For science this means a focus on expanding the reach of research and innovation and at the same time advancing with North Africa and Latin America.
Scientists Used ChatGPT to Generate an Entire Paper from Scratch - But Is It Any Good?
Science Activism is Surging - Which Marks a Culture Shift Among Scientists

Why Our Hair Turns Gray-And How Scientists Could Reverse the Process for Good

Preserving Citizens' Economic Well-being: Evaluating Risks and Policy Solutions for Climate Change, Digitalisation, and Biodiversity Loss Financial-related Threats
Preserving Citizens' Economic Well-being: Evaluating Risks and Policy Solutions for Climate Change, Digitalisation, and Biodiversity Loss Financial-related Threats

New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden
New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden
Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden's 'green infrastructure' policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.

Being a Scientist: Fleeing Iraq with Nothing but a Dream
Being a Scientist: Fleeing Iraq with Nothing but a Dream

China's Quantum Leap - Made in Germany
Germany's oldest university hosts many scientists conducting groundbreaking work. Little did they know how they would become entangled in China's quantum military strategy.

United States National Science Foundation: Making the Most of the "Ethical and Societal Considerations" in the CHIPS and Science Act
Sexual Harassment Still Pervades Science
How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists.

Scientific Utopias: Tackling an Early-morning Crisis at the Institute of Merged Sciences
Scientific Utopias: Tackling an Early-morning Crisis at the Institute of Merged Sciences

The Dark Universe: Can a Scientist Battling Long Covid Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos?
The Dark Universe: Can a Scientist Battling Long Covid Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos?
Since being laid low with the virus more than a year ago, Catherine Heymans can only operate in half-hour bursts. But her work could still change the way we understand the universe

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists
Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

Earth's Health Failing in Seven out of Eight Key Measures, Say Scientists
A groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.

EU Council's 'No Pay' Publishing Model Draws Mixed Response
EU ministers have called for a ‘no pay’ academic-publishing model that bears no cost to readers or authors. Some academics have welcomed the proposed plans - but publishing industry representatives warn they are unrealistic.

Beyond the Doughnut - Five Ways to Use Altmetrics for Academic Success
Beyond the Doughnut - Five Ways to Use Altmetrics for Academic Success
A decade on since their inception, Andy Tattersall considers how academics can make use of altmetrics in ways that go beyond counts and metrics.

When Our Medical Students Learn Anatomy, They See a Person, Not a Specimen

Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project
Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project

A Mental-Health Crisis is Gripping Science
There is a mental-health crisis in science at all career stages and across the world. Is toxic research culture to blame?
