What Italy's Far-Right Election Victory Means for Science
Researchers fear further cuts to funding and a lack of action on climate.
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Where is the UK Science Minister? Government's Plans Worry Researchers
New Prime Minister Liz Truss has yet to appoint someone to oversee research, and her economic policy has sparked a currency crisis.
How Nature Contributed to Science's Discriminatory Legacy
Nature examines its history in order to acknowledge it - and learn from it.
Most US Professors Are Trained at Same Few Elite Universities
'Jarring' study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.
The Case for Lotteries As a Tiebreaker of Quality in Research Funding
The Case for Lotteries As a Tiebreaker of Quality in Research Funding
More funders should consider using randomization to choose grant recipients when decisions are too close to call.
The Fraught Quest to Account for Sex in Biology Research
Funders and publishers are increasingly asking researchers to account for the role of sex in experiments - a requirement that's contentious and hard to get right.
Five-Year Campaign Breaks Science's Citation Paywall
Reference lists for more than 60 million journal studies in Crossref are now free to view and reuse.
Inside the US Supreme Court's War on Science
A new ultraconservative supermajority on the United States' top court is undermining science's role in informing public policy. Scholars fear the results could be disastrous for public health, justice and democracy itself.
More Research Will Be Publicly Accessible Sooner
Research manuscripts and the associated scientific data generated for projects that are funded by federal agencies in the United States will need to be made publicly available immediately on publication.
How to Stop Cities and Companies Causing Planetary Harm
Researchers must help to define science-based targets for water, nutrients, carbon emissions and more to avoid cascading effects and stave off tipping points in Earth's systems.
Liz Truss Must Value Science, Not Fear It
Populist slogans won't cut it: the new UK government has nothing to lose and everything to gain by working constructively with scientists and universities.
'I Feel Lost': Chilean Researchers Saddened by Vote to Reject New Constitution
Nearly 62% of Chileans voted against the proposed charter, which would have boosted science.
Feeling Lonely in Research? You're Not Alone
Opening up about my feelings during my PhD was powerful and cathartic.
The Researchers Using AI to Analyse Peer Review
Anna Severin explains how her team used machine learning to try to assess the quality of thousands of reviewers' reports.
Online Harassment: a Toolkit for Protecting Yourself from Abuse
Scientists can take practical steps to prevent or pre-empt problems on social media.
Australia's Catastrophic Rabbit Invasion Sparked by a Few Dozen British Bunnies
Australia's Catastrophic Rabbit Invasion Sparked by a Few Dozen British Bunnies
Genome analysis shows that most Australian rabbits are descendants of wild rabbits shipped to near Melbourne in 1859.
Why Four Scientists Spent a Year Saying No
Saying no is a skill - and practising it improved our science.
Neuropsychopharmacology's Approach Toward Improving Rigor and Transparency in Clinical Trials Research
Neuropsychopharmacology's Approach Toward Improving Rigor and Transparency in Clinical Trials Research
NPP is committed to consistent and thorough reporting of clinical research which is essential for rigor, reproducibility, transparency, interpretation, and generalizability of published results to the broader human population.
Balancing National Economic Policy Outcomes for Sustainable Development - Nature Communications
Balancing National Economic Policy Outcomes for Sustainable Development - Nature Communications
Selecting economic policies to achieve sustainable development is challenging due to the many sectors involved and the trade-offs implied. Artificial intelligence combined with economy-wide computer simulations can help.
Citizen Science in Environmental and Ecological Sciences - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Citizen Science in Environmental and Ecological Sciences - Nature Reviews Methods Primers
Contributory citizen science is a method in which non-professional participants contribute to data collection in whole or in part to advance scientific research. This Primer outlines the use of citizen science in the environmental and ecological sciences, discussing participant engagement, data quality assurance and bias correction.
Americans Experience a False Social Reality by Underestimating Popular Climate Policy Support by Nearly Half - Nature Communications
Americans Experience a False Social Reality by Underestimating Popular Climate Policy Support by Nearly Half - Nature Communications
A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.
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