Government attempts to control science communication clash with public demands for accountability, and journalists must resist this trend.

Focusing on the 'citation advantage' of open access misses its value in getting science information in the hands of those who need it.

Evaluating science in a knowledge economy needs more than just academic criteria.

Poor communications, not science, caused the IPCC's 'Climategate' debacle. Despite this, it must keep the doors open between journalists and researchers.

We have joined Twitter and Facebook to build our science for development platform but we need your help to make the most of social media.

Four hundred years after Galileo, scientists still face persecution for speaking out. Laws must not be used to stifle debate.

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The hacked emails of climate researchers offer an opportunity to show how science is really done — instead of a rearguard defence of scientific 'objectivity'.

A majority of Latin American countries suffer from worthy talk but little stable R&D funding. Long-term strategies should be a priority.

The World Wide Web's inventor wants to make websites more trustworthy. This should be done by encouraging good practice, not imposing strict rules.

There is a need to link up the thousands of communications technology initiatives littered across the developing world, but is another UN technocracy the right answer?

A new commission set up by China to monitor scientific malpractice should look beyond the acts of individuals to the way that the country's science is run.

A new international study of scientific publications shows that the gap in scientific output between developed and developing countries is even greater than the gap in inputs (i.e. research spending). The implications need careful consideration.

The sharp fall in the costs of communication produced by the Internet has provoked a fierce debate over access to scientific information. Developing-country scientists stand to benefit from the dispute.

Realistic interpretation of recent claims by researchers about the prevention of HIV/AIDS requires 'informed scepticism' about the public statements of scientists.