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PhD funding mechanisms should protect the right to disagree with supervisors

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Students need AI-free spaces to learn core skills

PhDs worldwide are having a shake up — why now?

By the beginning of his project in electrical engineering and telecommunications at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, Wang had already established a connection with an industry partner to gather…

The public trusts scientists with AI — more than it does anyone else

Credit: gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Scientists are perceived as the group of people most likely to have a positive impact on society through their use of generative artificial intelligence, finds a survey published by…

Some people are resistant to dementia — here’s what their genes can teach us

Brains of ‘super agers’ are strong producers of new neurons At first, she struggled to get funders interested. “For five years, all my grants were rejected,” she recalls. “Each time was a cup of poison.” But she…

Mongolia’s iconic grasslands are in crisis — invisible fungi could help save them

But a team of researchers might have hit on an underground solution. They’ve found clues that protecting key fungal networks that support life above the surface could help to preserve biodiversity, boost climate…

A practically perfect plesiosaur

California votes to give record $8.4 billion to medical research

The funding proposal, known as Proposition 38 , appeared on the ballot for voters in California in last week’s US mid-term elections , but it has taken nearly a week for officials to count enough ballots to declare it a…

Chile’s postdoc rules risk driving talent away

Daily briefing: Where academic freedom is declining — and where it’s on the rise

The hardware-engineering design consultant (and co-owner of a film production company) took charge of the hydroponic garden and participated in simulated ‘Marswalks’ wearing a protective suit. As well as dealing with a…