This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu.Jerome Bon/Flickr A journal has retracted a paper by two Italian scientists who claimed to have found hidden structures inside of the o…

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

The field is generating more new discoveries than ever, but significant setbacks for students and many researchers.

New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. If you don’t want Gemini’s help in writing documents and emails, here’s how to turn that stuff off.

University management claims the current financial situation is entirely down to external factors. The evidence suggests otherwise.

Israel is planning large-scale land expropriations in historic, Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArm...

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View details and apply for this Lecturer in Archaeology ​(Education and Scholarship) vacancy in Exeter. Lecturer in Archaeology (Education and Scholarship) This full-time post is avail...

Fears country is going ‘back to the old days’ as minister declines to explain why projects blocked, and researchers wait months longer for funding decisions

A 12‑month fixed‑term opportunity at 0.8 FTE, starting 2027 with scope for variation Applications are invited for the 2027 Colonel George Johnston Fellowship in Australian History for early‑career his...

Australian Research Council tells Senate of foreign interference issues and restructuring plans

Australian Research Council cites security checks as reason for major delays to grant outcomes

Apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Anthropology / Archaeology at the University of Calgary, Canada. Deadline 6 Feb 2025.

The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.