How Easy Is It to Fudge Your Scientific Rank? Meet Larry, the World’s Most Cited Cat
How Easy Is It to Fudge Your Scientific Rank? Meet Larry, the World’s Most Cited Cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
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Guide Released to Boost Experts’ Links with Government
Online guide from UK Government Office for Science is targeted at academia and industry
Holocaust Research Infrastructure Moves Towards Permanent Footing
Governments want to better facilitate Holocaust research amid rise of antisemitism in Europe.
Repression Grows in Russian Universities
Civil rights activists report that any criticism of the war in Ukraine is being stifled. Militarisation and ideological indoctrination are also increasing.
Being a Scientist: Cobain, Hemingway, Sinatra and Me
A postdoc explains how being medicated for bipolar changed her life and the way she conducts research.
These AI Firms Publish the World's Most Highly Cited Work
US and Chinese firms dominate the list of companies that are producing the most research and patents in artificial intelligence.
Unleashing Synergy or Accelerating Fragmentation?
South Korea's bold shift toward international science and technology collaboration requires transforming its current research system.
Viewpoint: Why Europe Must Invest in Research Infrastructures Now
As we move further into the 21st century, the importance of scientific research and technological innovation is becoming ever more apparent. Our ability to address critical challenges - from climate change to global health threats - depends on the strength and quality of our research and development efforts as enablers of innovation.
Risk-sensitive Innovation: Leveraging Interactions Between Technologies to Navigate Technology Risks
Risk-sensitive Innovation: Leveraging Interactions Between Technologies to Navigate Technology Risks
Risk-sensitive innovation (RSI) leverages interactions between technologies to reduce specific risks across a technology portfolio. To be of practical use, RSI requires the ability to anticipate or identify impacts and intervene in the relative timing of technological advancements.
Guidelines on Lab-grown Embryo Models Are Strong Enough to Meet Ethical Standards - and Will Build Trust in Science
Guidelines on Lab-grown Embryo Models Are Strong Enough to Meet Ethical Standards - and Will Build Trust in Science
The UK code of practice for researchers working with stem-cell-based embryo models is designed to both reassure the public and provide valuable guidance to researchers.
How to Spot a Predatory Conference, and What Science Needs to Do About Them: a Guide
How to Spot a Predatory Conference, and What Science Needs to Do About Them: a Guide
Researchers who have fallen prey to predatory conferences share the tell-tale signs of a dud event.
Neutrality’s Effects On Academic Freedom
The idea that universities in the United States—and especially their presidents—should be politically neutral was taking hold long before their recent struggles in responding to the Israel–Hamas war.
Universities Need to Start Experimenting On Themselves
Internal meta research units could help tackle challenges of resourcing and culture.
Argentine Scientists Scrimp and Save Their Way Through Funding Crisis
Deep budget cuts are sowing chaos—and creativity
Effort to 'Trump-proof' US Science Grows, but Will It Succeed?
Unions are joining the Biden administration's campaign to promote scientific integrity and protect government scientists from political interference.
Retraction Notices Are Getting Clearer - But Progress is Slow
Communications relating to retractions are often still opaque and lacking in detail, but an analysis finds some evidence of improvement.
So You Got a Null Result. Will Anyone Publish It?
Researchers have tried a bunch of strategies to get more negative results into the literature. Nature asks whether they are working.
Inside Germany's Sprind Innovation Agency, the Anti-Horizon Europe
About a 15-minute walk from Leipzig's main train station, past office blocks, hardware stores and garden centres, sits a former railway logistics building near the end of a dilapidated road in a warren of tired-looking warehouses. As you approach, there's little to suggest that it contains Germany's great hope for re-invigorating its economy.
A Lack of Scientific Diplomacy Leaves Canada at a Disadvantage on the World Stage
A Lack of Scientific Diplomacy Leaves Canada at a Disadvantage on the World Stage
Global Affairs Canada could help the country enhance its soft power by embedding scientific collaboration in existing cultural diplomacy.
Leveraging Science Diplomacy in Times of Conflict
Leveraging Science Diplomacy in Times of Conflict
War and conflict have profound effects on society, including the critical fields of science.
Biodiversity Loss in Switzerland in Six Graphs
Biodiversity loss in the Alpine nation is above the world average, and over a third of animal and plant species are endangered. Can the trend be reversed?
In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species
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