News in Brief Who Owns Government-Funded Research Papers? The Research Works Act would prevent publicly funded research from automatically being available to the public for free. Private publishers back the bill, while open-access partisans are appalled. See More
News in Brief What’s Really at Stake in the Apple Encryption Debate The government has never been allowed to create a "backdoor" to encrypted devices. Now, it's trying to force Apple to build one. See More
News in Brief François Hollande Won’t Seek Second Term In a televised speech on Thursday, President François Hollande announced that he would not run for re-election in… See More