North Carolina in spotlight over race-related admissions emails Admissions officers wrote of favouring ‘brown babies’, campaign group reveals By Paul Basken 21 February
Research Excellence Summit: science experts ‘just another lobby group’ Researchers must ‘put on the gloves’ and bring the fight to their critics, says Arizona State professor By John Ross 21 February
Russian trolls used campus rows to ‘push partisan hot buttons’ Archive of tweets linked to St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency reveals scale of disinformation attempts around free speech and ‘left bias’ controversies By John Morgan 21 February
Impostor syndrome: two-thirds of female scholars suffer badly Self-perceived levels of impostor syndrome in women remain equally high among senior academics, study finds By Jack Grove 20 February
US science society launches research hotline for politicians American Association for the Advancement of Science accompanied by global efforts to better inform policymaking By Paul Basken 19 February
Scientists in step for ‘Dance Your PhD’ competition Turning to dance may help scientists communicate their findings to those who distrust experts, claims competition winner By Matthew Reisz 19 February
Canadian universities battle to preserve copyright exemptions Publishers accuse institutions of piracy as revenues slump By Paul Basken 18 February
Academic attitudes ‘hold back minority science students’ Race-based student performance gap doubles when professors admit doubts about innate abilities By Paul Basken 16 February
Small research teams produce ‘riskier, more disruptive science’ Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests By Rachael Pells 15 February
Philosopher explores how to combat toxicity of social media Regina Rini discusses how academics and students can avoid online aggression By Matthew Reisz 15 February
Extreme teaching: academics who suffer for students Academic turned wrestler Dan Mathewson is just one of many educators willing to go the extra mile for scholarship and learning, says Jack Grove By Jack Grove 14 February
Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer By David Matthews 14 February