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Indonesia’s Open Science Pioneer Grapples With Grassroots Limits

When Indonesian geologist Dasapta Erwin Irawan first encountered the idea of open science in 2013, it was not through policy mandates or institutional reforms, but by accident. “Idle time,” he says. “Serendipity again, I met someone who introduced me to open science.” That someone was the late Jon Tennant, a British paleontologist and open science advocate whose personable approach made a lasting impression on Dasapta. … Continue reading Indonesia’s Open Science Pioneer Grapples With Grassroots Limits

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Editor's Note

The Digital News Dilemma—Why Journalism Faces an Existential Test in the Platform Era

In the year that witnessed one of the most globally consequential electoral cycles, the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2025 reveals a deeply unsettling truth: evidence-based journalism is losing its societal grip, supplanted by a diffuse, personality-driven media ecology powered by platforms. While trust in news remains nominally stable at 40%, the report’s findings suggest the structure of that trust—and its distribution—has been irrevocably altered. … Continue reading The Digital News Dilemma—Why Journalism Faces an Existential Test in the Platform Era

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Explainer

When Machines Speak to Machines: The Rise and Risk of Web 3.5

The internet is mutating, again. What was once a system of human-readable pages, hyperlinks, and visible sources has begun to vanish beneath the smooth interface of a chatbot. In its place is emerging something less tangible but more radical: a web where machines no longer index knowledge for users, but reinterpret it, synthesize it, and present it without citation or context. This is not Web … Continue reading When Machines Speak to Machines: The Rise and Risk of Web 3.5

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Viewpoint

The Cost of Silence: Why Cutting HIV Vaccine Funding Threatens Global Health Equity

In early 2024, a quiet decision in the United States budget office set off alarm bells among global health experts. At a moment when scientific progress against HIV had finally turned a corner, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) abruptly cut $258 million in funding earmarked for some of the most promising vaccine development programmes in decades, including projects led by IAVI and Scripps Research. … Continue reading The Cost of Silence: Why Cutting HIV Vaccine Funding Threatens Global Health Equity

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