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The NIH shared new data detailing complaints it has received in recent years, the latest in a series of steps taken by funding agencies and professional organizations to address misconduct.

Malcolm Macleod, who helped develop these best practices, tells The Scientist how the new guidelines for manuscript publishing seek to support a push for transparent and thorough sharing of methods and data.

The regulation, which requires that the agency give preference to dose-response studies in which the underlying data are available, could downplay findings key to defining the dangers of pollution.

A letter in Science garners dozens of signatures.

Research funding agencies in Europe will require grantees’ papers to be free to read when they are available online.

The organization says it’s working on a policy.

The neuroscientist talks about her experiences with trying to change how the scientific community copes with sexual assault and harassment.

The request is similar to one made of the National Academy of Sciences.

Rush Holt, CEO of AAAS, discusses what’s changed as a result of the March for Science—and what hasn’t.

Steven Chu, the president-elect of the scientific organization, is a Nobel laureate and physicist at Stanford University.

Rush Holt of AAAS talks with The Scientist about the upcoming gathering and collaborations—past, present, and future—between the two countries.

Can professional organizations and societies parlay the groundswell of support culminating in this weekend’s March for Science into more-effective science advocacy?

Notable quotes from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting

A panel discussion on channeling science into policy served as a forum for debating the role of scientists under the current administration. 

The press release repository will be up and running in another day or so—and more secure than before, according to a spokesperson.

Philipp Hummel, the journalist who alerted EurekAlert administrators to a security breach, discusses the role of embargoes in science reporting.

EurekAlert is offline after a journalist alerts the American Association for the Advancement of Science to a security breach.

The former National Institute of General Medical Sciences director replaces outgoing editor and National Academy of Sciences president-elect Marcia McNutt.

Technician’s death in Patrick Harran’s lab prompted the American Association for the Advancement of Science to yank Harran’s title as a fellow.