Having to move position so regularly means there is little stability, but there is something special about uncovering nuggets of universal truth about the cosmos.

Book offers critique of uses of big data to measure the output of professors and institutions, arguing that technique is equivalent to “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

With usual funding sources squeezed, and Brexit round the corner, researchers are asking the public to fund their studies through crowdfunding – from bees to LSD

Scholars and their significant others share the good, the bad and the ugly.

While the practice of preprinting in the life sciences is not completely new, it has grown dramatically over the past few years.

There is a growing trend of authors purchasing a spot on the author list of papers-for-sale – and the better the journal, the higher the price.

Health Ethics and Policy Lab of the University of Zurich invites you to explore some of the most controversial issues in digital health.

Scripps and Calibr set to join forces

Scientists have to publish a constant stream of new results to succeed. But in the process, their success may lead to science’s failure, two new studies warn.

ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of HSS research

Via a NASA-led citizen science project, eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our solar system.

New rules also curb subsidized travel for staffers on loan from academia

Election campaigns are light on science. But once a new president is in office, technical issues have a way of demanding attention

Public consultation: have your say on Horizon 2020

Downing Street says it is not looking at removing students from official figures after chancellor suggests definition of immigrant may be reviewed

A neuroscience initiative is boosting the number of female invited speakers at meetings. Other disciplines should do the same.