The Ref star system encourages novelty but offers no incentive to replicate studies – and that’s exactly what scientists need to do to be more sure of our claims.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But before scientists trust it, they first need to understand how machines learn.

With federal support for on-campus R&D dwindling as a percentage of GDP, keeping basic research afloat is a challenge. Schools and researchers are left to try to fill in the funding gaps.

Philosophers could help policy makers to ask the right questions. But to give this practical help, academic philosophy must take lessons from open science.

Long-term basic research, substantially funded by the U.S. government, underlies some of industry's most profitable innovations.

If you’re not willing to communicate your research, you shouldn’t be doing it, says Anne Glover.

We need both neuroscience and clinical research.

The need to teach both music theory and string theory is a necessity for the economy to continue as the preeminent leader in technological innovation.

Top scientists spar over reforms that would create research funding behemoth.

Despite a growing number of female political leaders across the globe, women are still in a minority when it comes to positions of power in world politics.

Academic psychology and medical testing are both dogged by unreliability. The reason is clear: we got probability wrong.

Women in tech and science professions reflect on how things would be different if there were more women in the sectors.

Accessible data are not enough. We need to invest in systems that make the information useful, say Elizabeth Pisani and colleagues.

You’ll find communities thirsty for your findings – and a space to demonstrate measurable ‘impact’ to your heart’s content.

In physics and in life, choice and possibility play against each other.

P hacking is manipulating data and research methods to achieve statistical signifiance. And it could be why so many research papers are false.

Billy Bryan and Furaha Asani look at how to get the most out of your doctoral studies.

Science funders and researchers need to recognize the time, resources and effort required to curate open data.

Duncan Haldane and Sir Fraser Stoddart call for scientists to be given protected status for visas, and highlight the role of EU funding in attracting elite scientists.

The Importance — and the Complexities — of Data Sharing

‘Academic capitalism’ contributed to the mishandling of the Macchiarini case by officials at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, argues Olof Hallonsten.

People no longer take science advice on trust, and science advisers need to provide evidence for their recommendations, according to Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation.

Science’s reach has relentlessly expanded to include ever more facets of our world, but the world’s most important scientific honor society has largely ignored that evolution.

Science's quality control processes are under question. Scientists should think about changing the rules and extending their peer communities.

Last week, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg announced their new philanthropic initiative with the goal of “curing, preventing, and managing all diseases by the end of the century.” This may raise some eyebrows, but this effort—part of the $45 billion Chan Zuckerberg Initiative—joins forces with other philanthropists to push the envelope and support audacious ideas, with long-term commitments, to solve some of our greatest challenges.

Critiques are increasingly challenging the way research is being performed. Recent scandals revealing scientific fraud have made media headlines.

When knowledge is uncertain, experts should avoid pressures to simplify their advice. Render decision-makers accountable for decisions, says Andy Stirling.

When I was 11 years old, my older brother left our village in Sierra Leone to study physics in the West...

Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were.

A professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania talks about why faculty diversity is an important — and elusive — goal.