Scientists and science communicators are engaged in a constant battle with ignorance. But that’s an approach doomed to failure, says Richard P Grant.

Barbara A. Spellman on the role of technological and demographic changes

Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing. To save the enterprise, scientists must come out of the lab and into the real world.

The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” -- work often largely ignored -- in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?

If we want to achieve the ambitions set out by the United Nations for global health and development by 2030, we need to bring two worlds closer together through a new concept—precision public health.

“Isn't this just a glorified postdoc position? Won't taking this offer hurt my chances of landing a tenure-track professor position?”

Why government leaders should publish the reams of data they’re collecting — and why citizens everywhere should push them to do so.

The U.S. presidential election shows how far the political conversation has degenerated from the nation's founding principles of truth and evidence.

Openly discussing the history of science, where is has gone wrong, and the incredible efforts individual scientists go to uncover fraud should inspire confidence in its self-correcting nature.

On The Natural Selection of Bad Science.

Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus praise the growing scrutiny of scientific publications.

Covering sexism and sexual harassment in the sciences and academia may not yet be a full-fledged beat for journalists, but it's getting there.

Without open data, a scientific paper is little more than a statement that, in the author’s opinion, some evidence supports a certain set of claims.

Nonscientists should take part in discussions about research priorities and more.

A spirit of collective enterprise in scientific research is being replaced by a rush to assign precise credit for who did what.

There needs to be a transparent and openly recorded submission and review process.

Open source now runs the world. But it still faces problems

An editorial argues that data sharing can cripple scientific progress and harm patients, but there are myriad flaws with that reasoning.

The tricks and teases academics use to entice their readers: clichés, the Bard and the phrases of the moment.

Data sharing holds incredible promise for strengthening the practice of medical research and the integrity of our clinical trial system.

Association of American Publishers complains about Cal State librarian who studies popularity of pirated scientific papers. Cal State defends its librarian.

Wikidata is a new step forward in the democratisation of access to information.

Like the phone, typewriter, or parchment and ink, social media is a tool for communicating with our fellow humans. It’s the best we’ve ever had, in fact.

Researchers have created a new system to test influential papers for reproducibility.

We all need to acknowledge racism and its heavy-handed presence in our communities. We must realize that such conversations do not belong just to minority scientists.

Dean Burnett: Some scientists argue that social media use is pointless. This scientist disagrees.

We should not have to parade ourselves on social media to please our employers or be considered enthusiastic

by The International Consortium of Investigators for Fairness in Trial Data Sharing

Balancing an academic career with the realities of a biological clock.

With the publication of the Concordat on Open Research Data last week, the UK further cemented its leadership position in promoting access to tax payer-funded research data.