Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as US aid cuts bite
Environmental journalists at last year’s COP30 climate meeting in Belém, Brazil, interview the French ecology and biodiversity minister Monique Barbut.
Why Europe barred China from flagship Horizon research programmes
Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Chinese research organizations can no longer take part in most of the research grants funded by Horizon
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
AI slop is flooding computer science journals and conferences.Credit: Quality Stock/Alamy Fifty-four seconds. That’s how long it took Raphael Wimmer
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
French President Emmanuel Macron has launched Choose France initiatives to attract both foreign investors and scientists to his country.Credit: Gonzalo
US grant applicants surge at prestigious European research agency
Money could become harder to come by for European scientists if the overall European Research Council pot does not dramatically
Rete ridges form via evolutionarily distinct mechanisms in mammalian skin
Tissue sample collection, preservation and processing Back skin samples from age-matched adults and one litter of neonatal naked mole rats
This robot hand detaches and walks by itself
Human hands are incredibly dexterous tools — but they have their limits. They are asymmetric, they have only a single
artificial organ kept man alive until transplant
X-rays show a 33-year old patients’ new lungs (left) and old lungs (right).Credit: Northwestern Medicine A 33-year-old man survived for
Exceeding 1.5 °C requires rethinking accountability in climate policy
Around ten years after the Paris climate agreement was adopted, the world is again at a crucial moment. In 2015,
key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Membership at many of the high-level advisory coucils for the US National Institutes of Health is dwindling ― a decline