Nearly half of UK award nominees in last decade were privately educated
Labour analysis finds 40% of Britons nominated for main prizes at major cultural awards went to private school Read more
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Labour analysis finds 40% of Britons nominated for main prizes at major cultural awards went to private school Read more
Gianluca Grimalda says too many scientists are ‘unaware or not prepared to take action’ when it comes to addressing the impact of work travel on climate Read more
Pro-life researchers confirmed plans this week to take legal action against Sage Journals after the academic publication retracted three of their abortion studies. Read more
Clemson University is using federal funds to create technology meant to track what researchers consider to be patterns of “mis-, dis-, and mal-information (MDM)” by internet users. Read more
After Trump crackdown and Biden promise of clearer guidelines, lawmakers grow antsy about lack of progress Read more
Two new research misconduct allegations lodged against Harvard University scholars have been brought to light recently, bringing the total number of academic scandals the premiere Ivy League institution is grappling with to four over the span of just two months. Read more
Three students have won a $700,000 prize after using AI to read a 2,000-year-old scroll burnt during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD. Read more
Researchers at the world's biggest particle accelerator in Switzerland have submitted proposals for a new, much larger, supercollider. Read more
Scientific research requires updated and accurate information — but retracted papers still find their way into scholarship, according to several experts who also provided ways to fix this problem. Read more
Chinese researchers have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species which is widely used in medical research because its physiology is similar to humans. Read more