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.

The World Conference on Research Integrity will discuss concrete actions that can be adopted by funding agencies and journals to improve research integrity.

A critical autumn statement will begin to reveal science's place in the UK's post-Brexit identity.

This revolving door problem isn’t unique to the FDA; it’s an issue for all government-regulated industries.

Former secretary of labor says that growing inequality in admissions is ‘national tragedy in the making’

Alternative career paths should be celebrated, not seen as a compromise.

The father of educational computing.

We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus beginning to emerge?

A torrent of low-quality meta-analyses and systematic reviews in biomedicine might be hiding valuable research and misleading scientists.

If Zuckerberg and Chan want to get some bang for their buck, they’ll need to break down the structures that hold brilliant young scientists back

For Peer Review Week, researchers from across the spectrum offer advice and insights about how to review research manuscripts

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We don't know what knowledge we'll need in the future, and that's where maths research comes in.

Last week saw the publication of the latest world university rankings. But until the purveyors of these league tables address the uncertainties in their data, no-one knows where they really stand. Opinion piece by Stephen Curry.

The cancer researcher reflects on the 2016 election, his experience as a political adviser, and the difficulties of communicating how science works.

Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.