A survey reveals some lab heads are using the need for visas to create unacceptable conditions for junior researchers.

Research funders impose length limits on applications for practical reasons: to discourage epic submissions, and to ease the burden on reviewers. It’s also true that concise ideas are generally stronger ideas. But sticking to these limits can often seem a difficult and frustrating task.

Research group leaders should learn how to recognize if colleagues are experiencing problems at work, says James Turner.

So, as the Statistical War and Tone War are in a lull, the Preregistration conflict has flared up yet again.

Men are overrepresented in senior academic positions in Economics. What factors can explain this phenomenon, and how can we make the academic environment more inclusive?

The major machine-learning meeting, now known as NeurIPS, has faced increasing criticism over its name.

Academic training, where senior scientists transfer their knowledge and skills to junior scientists through apprenticeship, plays a crucial role in the development of scientists. This study focuses on two aspects of academic training, autonomy and exploration.

When embarking on the next career step, is someone's PhD a blessing or a curse?

Science is mired in a "replication" crisis. Fixing it will not be easy.

Information on the size of academic search engines and bibliographic databases (ASEBDs) is often outdated or entirely unavailable. Hence, it is difficult to assess the scope of specific databases.

Data re-use can generate new insights that in turn lead to vital health benefits. To stimulate and celebrate the innovative re-use of data, the Wellcome Trust today launched the Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes.

UBC scientists spent decades developing Glybera, the world's first approved gene therapy. But market forces needed just two years to make the potentially life-saving drug disappear.