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The era of fully automated research has arrived.

There’s low public awareness of how research is funded.

Surveys have found that researchers studying UAPs can face pushback from mentors and colleagues, even from people who think it’s an important line of research.

AI might have ‘PhD-level’ intelligence. But substituting it for a PhD student sacrifices a special part of the academic ecosystem.

A small portion of university research funding comes from individual donors. Most universities have policies in place to protect against wrongdoing.

Humility is a virtue that many people admire but far fewer practice. A scholar describes how a professional crisis made him look inward and rethink his concept of success.

Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscutting work to solve.

Ubuntu philosophy is a better way to represent scholarly contributions in African academia.

Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.

Sorry, Baby and After the Hunt have put graduate research – and its ethical grey areas – on the screen.

A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning.

Mariam Rahmani’s witty debut novel, Liquid, set between the US and Tehran, is a rom com for the age of precarity.

Charlie Kirk’s education beliefs have deep roots that predate the MAGA movement and trace back to the 1960s.

From HIV treatments to school desegregation, research into topics now considered DEIA have benefited Americans throughout history.

Facing an abusive backlash may make the cost of entry into public debate too high.

As many as 39% of academics answering a Swedish survey reported experiences of threats or harassment in some form during their academic careers.

Dyslexia isn’t just a learning difficulty – it can be a cognitive strength.

As our research shows, Australian academics responded differently to potential PhD students, depending on the racial background of their name.

One student exchange program in the 1970s opened the door for an ongoing cultural exchange.

An academic’s claims of irregularities at the ballot box created a media buzz in South Korea. The reality, however, suggested data was misinterpreted.