Berlin science policy leaders want a post-Brexit Britain to stay in the EU’s Horizon programme, but as a full associate member. ‘All or none’, says German MP

With 78 days to go until Brexit, working out what to do about existing grants if the UK crashes out with no deal is hampered because Brussels won’t discuss contingency measures

A leading geneticist recounts the story of one rogue scientist, and the damage he caused. ‘He should be stopped from doing anything like this again,’ says Robin Lovell-Badge

Robert-Jan Smits is pitching the Plan S vision to transform academic publishing to the world’s big science funding bodies. China’s surprise backing is making it harder for funders everywhere to ignore, he says

Whether or not space programme gets €16B proposed by the Commission now hangs on negotiations over the EU’s overall long-term budget

Latest: Geographical quotas in Horizon Europe will not bridge the innovation gap, excellence comes first, says ScienceEurope

Education and research minister Mailis Reps on her concerns for the European Innovation Council, and how to make research missions work

Meeting of member states’ research delegations this week in Brussels saw further disagreement over the direction of Horizon Europe. And a proposed mission to build a universal quantum computer is scratched