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

Ocean science researchers must work “towards equity and justice” in their field, according to a group of scholars. Read more

Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions Read more

Biden officials call for publicising details of bad science allegations brought to the government, raising institutional warnings of privacy and legal violations Read more

Leading supplier of basic research funding says scientists complicate its accountability systems by routinely attributing publications to it Read more