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The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the nation's urgent need for timely, reliable scientific information. Though information on the pandemic is in ample supply, less readily available is [...]

Author(s): Christl A. Donnelly, Ian Boyd, Philip Campbell, Claire Craig, Patrick Vallance, Mark Walport, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Emma Woods, Chris WormaldAuthor Affiliations:Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful [...], Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues.Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible.

The State of the Union('s) Science Originally posted on February 11, 2019 [Editor's Note: The following post is adapted from William Hooke's blog, Living on the Real World (www.livingon therealworld.org/). [...]

Author(s): Ian Munroe [illus. 1] Yoichi Ochiai wants to transform online interaction. His company has developed an ultrasonic speaker that projects sound so it's only audible in specified points in [...]

Author(s): Ichiko Fuyuno Scientists at https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/japan/hokkaido-university-hokudai/5139072d34d6b65e6a002178 had much to celebrate in 2016. Cancer researchers identified a possible target to thwart chemotherapy-resistant tumour cells, while a telescope jointly developed by Hokkaido [...]

Author(s): John P. A. Ioannidis 1,2,3,* Not all scientific information is created equal. Large differences exist across topics on how much is known, and with what degree of certainty. Some [...]

Author(s): Hannah Safford, Austin Brown Author Affiliations: Communicating science to policymakers: six strategies for success Greta Thunberg, an environmental activist from Sweden, speaks to politicians, the media and guests at [...], Scientists can improve how they inform politicians and other policymakers on how to make decisions, say Hannah Safford and Austin Brown. Scientists can improve how they inform politicians and other policymakers on how to make decisions, say Hannah Safford and Austin Brown.

Scientists and their professional societies are seeking to increase their influence in shaping policy decisions. A recent call for natural resource professional societies to endorse position statements on economic growth [...]

Politics | Funding | People | http://poly-admin1.nature.com/polopoly/CM#publishing | http://poly-admin1.nature.com/polopoly/CM#events | Policy | Education | Trend watch | Coming up POLITICS Pro-Europe win raises scientists' hopes Researchers in France http://go.nature.com/2pfgbke to [...]

Author(s): Benjamin Scharifker (corresponding author) [1] Last month, we buried a student from my university. According to fellow students who were with him at the time of his death, he [...]

Antimatter annihilates matter. Anti-science, it is said, destroys what matters. And fears are increasing that anti-science forces are on the march. Indeed, on last month's March for Science, a 'war [...]

Space | Publishing | Funding | http://poly-admin1.nature.com/polopoly/CM#conservation | http://poly-admin1.nature.com/polopoly/CM#politics | Policy | People | Trend watch | Coming up SPACE Cassini catches new views of Saturn NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged [...]

Last month, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report called https://www.nap.edu/catalog/21896/fostering-integrity-in-research . Later this month, the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity will be held [...]

Author(s): Carlos Moedas (corresponding author) [1] You may have read recently how the United States and NASA discovered seven new planets far beyond the Solar System. In fact, the project [...]

The AMS Policy Program had a productive and successful year in 2014. In June, we completed our 14th Summer Policy Colloquium--an intensive introduction to the federal policy process for Earth [...]

Author(s): Daniel Cressey Britain's environment faces significant risks from Brexit, with protections for wildlife and millions of euros in funding for environmental programmes now facing an uncertain future. But the [...]

Events | Space | Policy | Energy | Technology | Trend watch | Coming up EVENTS Nazi-science probe Germany's Max Planck Society (MPG) announced on 7 January that it has [...]

Author(s): Elizabeth Gibney Since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, science has existed under a cloud of uncertainty. The future of international collaboration and http://www.nature.com/news/uk-scientists-in-limbo-after-brexit-shock-1.20178 . And [...]

Author(s): Declan Butler Major changes are coursing through France's research and higher-education system, many of them intended to simplify bureaucracy and promote research excellence. In 2013, president Francois Hollande's government [...]

Author(s): Quirin Schiermeier As political turmoil and conflict rock Ukraine, the country's main scientific organization is in a bind. In January, Parliament passed a law to modernize the ailing National [...]

Author(s): Susan Garfinkel, Deborah E. Rupp, Lauran Qualkenbush, Christopher Lehmann Author Affiliations: What your research-integrity officer would like you to know As a first step in answering the call for [...]

Author(s): Alexandra Witze The US government is considering policy changes that could dramatically affect how researchers handle equipment and information that have national-security implications. Among other impacts, scientists would need [...]

Author(s): Dyna RochmyaningsihAuthor Affiliations:Indonesian plan to clamp down on foreign scientists draws protest Foreign researchers in Indonesia face strict regulations if a draft law is approved. [see PDF for [...], The government's proposals include stricter rules, and tougher penalties for researchers who break existing ones.The government has also proposed tough penalties for researchers who break existing rules.

Author(s): Lauren Morello US Senate Republicans have lots of questions for Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - 1,038 of them, to be [...]

Author(s): Daniel Sarewitz (corresponding author) [1] What do you get when you cross science hype with conservative politics? The answer is the High Quality Research Act, a draft bill that [...]

As an April Fools' Day joke, Jack Gibbons told some of his staff that he intended to resign as President Bill Clinton's science adviser and retire from government service. The [...]

Don't look for Neal Lane this week at the headquarters of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia. The NSF director is on 'The Ice,' accompanying Representative James Sensenbrenner [...]

The ouster of Harold Liebowitz as president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) last week marks the end of the most tumultuous year in the institute's 32-year history. But [...]

Beneath his laid-back appearance lies a hard-driving biochemist with a strong sense of what he wants to do as president of the National Academy of Sciences. Meet Bruce Alberts This [...]

Guess the year. With a major international 'make or break' climate summit scheduled to take place in a European capital, campaigners protest against plans to build a third runway at [...]

China seems to be cracking down on everything at the moment. Its anti-corruption drive has government officials and businesses in all sectors shaking. The government has tightened its grip on [...]

Over the past year, Japan's scientific activities have been notable for many reasons, from widely publicized misconduct in stem-cell research to breakthroughs in efficient blue light-emitting diodes that won the [...]

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has had a tough couple of years. Republicans in the US Congress have put the agency under the microscope, questioning its decisions on individual [...]

Author Affiliations: Europe has ambitious plans for continent-wide digital access to research data. Erik Isakson/Getty The European Commission has its critics, but no one can doubt it has ambitious plans. [...], Now that the major players have agreed to the giant European Open Science Cloud, it's time to get the project moving.

Author(s): Atsushi Sunami [1] [illus. 1] Since the beginning of his term, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's 'Abenomics' policies have focused on reforming economic institutions that are perceived to hinder innovation. [...]

Science benefits society in myriad ways--but how to identify and encourage work with high impact is an obsession of funding agencies the world over. Last month, the United Kingdom brought [...]

There are repeated calls for scientists worldwide to become involved in guiding government decisions concerning science. In the United States, science policy-making positions span the gamut from political appointees (through [...]

The State Department now has a 12-step self-help plan for producing science-savvy diplomats. A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel last week sent Secretary of State Madeleine Albright a dozen [...]

A government watchdog that monitors the treatment of patients and animals in federally funded research may be about to develop a more powerful bite. A panel recommended last week that [...]

Author(s): Lihua Yang (corresponding author) [1] Strong academic opposition has led China's ministry of education to suspend a policy that would effectively control where Chinese researchers should publish their work. [...]

Author(s): Venki Ramakrishnan (corresponding author) [1] Contrary to your view that the UK Higher Education and Research Bill could spell the end of independence for British research and universities (Nature [...]

Public Policy Report for 7 December 2009 * AIBS Webinar to help students, young professionals explore careers in science policy. A growing number of people seek employment that allows them [...]

A rift in Israel's science establishment is threatening the country's long-term planning of civilian science. All 15 members of its National Council for Research and Development, now subordinate to the [...]

Despite decades of intellectual isolation, the Soviet Union produced some fine science. When it imploded, only a wave of foreign aid and philanthropy protected that excellent research base from collapse. [...]

Last week, Reuters reported that Germany is set to continue its moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops. The decision will doubtless meet a well-orchestrated barrage of criticism. [...]

For more than a decade, the private Dynasty Foundation has supported science and education in Russia, funding scholarships and organizing summer schools. Yet roughly two months ago, the Russian government [...]

Countries have long tried to capitalize on scientific achievements by celebrating them as a source of national pride. From the state sponsorship of polar expeditions a century ago to the [...]

The world's two biggest economies, the United States and the European Union (EU), are negotiating an accord--the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). They argue that it could boost the [...]

As advances in genetics continue to flow from the laboratory into the clinic--and, increasingly, into courts--it's crucial to parse the influence of gene-based technologies. The Genetics & Public Policy Center [...]

European scientists don't have too much to complain about these days. More than 50 billion € (US$70 billion) is budgeted for research in the European Union's (EU) Seventh Framework Programme [...]