Digital infrastructure is crucial to scientific progress
Software tools need to be properly valued for their vital role in facilitating research, say Bilal Mateen and Tariq Khokhar
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Confirmatory research ‘boring and stressful’, says Harvard study
Shift towards studies using preregistered reports could inhibit scientific inquiry and harm researcher well-being, argue US scholars
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Indian academics fear for historic archive
Delhi redevelopment could put irreplaceable documents at risk, say scholars
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University Impact Forum focuses on quality education
THE’s next instalment in its Impact Forum series, in partnership with Western Caspian University, will discuss sustaining progress on SDG 4
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University of the South Pacific resolution hits another snag
Senior Fijian politician brands vice-chancellor’s new contract ‘illegal’ as council splits on national lines
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Books interview: Naomi S. Baron
The linguist and author of How We Read Now on the power of reading, what is lost when we rely on digital media, and the future of publishing
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‘Fortress Australia’ risk as collaborations get put on back burner
We are in danger of underselling ourselves to ‘like-minded countries’, Australian chief defence scientist warns
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Elite journals under scrutiny over role in Wuhan lab leak debate
Critics argue that The Lancet failed to disclose potential conflict of interest when dismissing the leak theory
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UKRI is ‘paying price for loss of Dominic Cummings’
Funder’s reduced budget for 2021-22 reflects loss of pro-science adviser and mindset of new Treasury boss, say Whitehall and research council insiders
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A year after Floyd, US campuses avoid major police reform
Misplaced fear of racial and sexual threats, plus the need to provide a ‘feeling’ of security, cited as reasons universities are reluctant to limit armed officers
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The real threat to free speech on campus is the NDA
Non-disclosure agreements that silence staff or students should be banned, says Mark Geoghegan
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Biden push for innovative NIH raises concern in Congress
Latest attempt to replicate Darpa brings bipartisan praise but also wariness of potential harm to basic health research
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My bags are packed and I’m ready to go – back to work
Hybrid working may suit some disciplines, but Gary Macfarlane fears that the convenience will come at the cost of creativity and collegiality
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Small fraction of professors ‘dominate contact with media’
Just 10 per cent of academics account for half of all engagement with the media, according to a survey of more than 1,000 Swiss professors
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Choosing a PhD lab: should we fix the advice or fix the system?
Talking to lab members is not very revealing when they are habituated into an abusive culture, says Joana Vieira