Since the second Trump administration took office, news on how the nation’s leaders are systematically dismantling the practice of science in the U.S. has arrived in a daily deluge. In this roundtable discussion, five journalists share their strategies for choosing stories, balancing science and politics in their reporting, working with hesitant sources, and navigating an information landscape that’s constantly shifting.

Guest post by Dr. Bethany Morrison

Recognising universities’ quieter impact on society goes beyond publications. It requires people who capture evidence and narratives across education, student development, innovation and entrepreneurship and ecosystem development as well as research

Is open research a virtue that early career researchers can’t afford? Here’s how to make open practices work for you from your very first project – without adding hours to your week

Despite universities’ important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?

Although a growing body of research has examined students’ attitudes toward generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education, few studies have compared perceptions across contrasting ins...

Teams that integrate clinical insight and academic enquiry result in better academic outputs, increased researcher well-being and a sense of community and shared ownership

How to make AI-supported co-creation work while ensuring empathy remains at the heart of the process

Facing a deficit that may each $85 million, Temple University President John Fry has said a reduction in force is "inevitable" if the university is to close the gap.

Careers in higher ed allow former government workers to remain grounded in service while pursuing meaningful, purpose-driven work.

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

Affinity housing oriented toward one group will face fresh government scrutiny, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said.

Research that crosses disciplines strengthens networks, diversifies expertise and moves thinking beyond inherited boundaries, but effective interdisciplinarity takes time, curiosity and willingness to tackle cultural and structural obstacles

Despite stereotypes of being left behind, rural America offers good jobs, particularly in blue-collar fields.

How do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication?

Join us for an insightful converation with Aram Sinnreich, Jesse Gilbert, and DJ Spooky as they dive into the world of data and technology.

TikTok deportation propaganda is fast becoming the new border wall. States, platforms and algorithms are fusing into a single machine. This, says Mimi Mihăilescu is turning deportation into bingeable ...

Educators who teach first-year writing courses need to use their leverage to ensure students arrive on campus with skills that match expectations, writes Daniel M. Gross

Data sonification helps researchers to build connections and communicate their science to a broader audience.

The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to shape science itself

Nature, Science, Cell, Advanced Materials… — publishing in high-impact journals is difficult but not impossible. Here what the impact factor means, what high impact research is and how to write high-impact research papers that get accepted in top-tier journals.

Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher.

Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over

TikTok was supposed to be banned from the US 10 months ago.

VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the web) appears to originate from the VPN itself, rather than your internet service provider (ISP). This masks your IP address, which can be an...

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious

EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...

Former department officials warned that such a broad inquiry raised the specter that forms of political protests could be criminalized.

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In a context where higher education is permeated by neoliberal practices and ideas, distance learning emerges as the most prominent model, reshaping relations b...

New studies presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting explore innovative strategies for improving patient care in hematological disorders.

Nature’s open-access sideline Nature Scientific Reports is the “we’ve got Nature at home” of scientific publishing. It appears to run any garbage for a mere $2,690 processing charge. A snip, I’m su…

Cornell University agreed to pay $60 million in exchange for the federal government’s restoration of over $250 million in research grants.