The advantages of making scientific data available for further analysis are clear, but it could also enable the trawling of data to find significant, or preferred, results.

Two high-profile cases in which universities — who by US law are the ones that must open an investigation into misconduct — stonewalled the effort.

A. Hope Jahren on women, research, and life in the lab.

The United States leads the world in dollars invested in research. It won’t for long.

By fetishising mathematical models, economists turned economics into a highly paid pseudoscience

Elite scientists generally agree on what character traits make for excellent science.

David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing

Is UK science better off in or out of the EU? The arguments are complex and only partially evidence-based. And that’s not surprising.

Content piracy may be illegal, but price gouging is at least as despicable.

A professional body for UK social scientists can help to improve research practice — and not just in public engagement, says Andrew Webster.

Do publications (number and impact) convey the true value of an early-career scientist?

Researchers drop in. They take specimens. And they head home and don't share. That's no way to fight an epidemic. Can they do things differently when it comes to Zika?

Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks.

Interview with Ijad Madisch, co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest online network for scientists

Disruptive innovation has to be accompanied by social and cultural progress.

When physicists and mathematicians venture into the social sciences, new discoveries await — but a lot of bickering and mistrust must be overcome first.

Early attempts to tailor disease treatment to individuals based on their DNA have met with equivocal success, raising concerns about a push to scale up such efforts.

On the role that preprints can play in disseminating research findings in the life sciences.

Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?

College and university faculty and administrators alike must take more nuanced, responsible, and informed approaches to using metrics for promotion and tenure decisions.

Perspectives: Structural biologist suggests that chemists can help redefine good research behavior by telling the whole story

Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest

Research that analyzes large aggregate data sets, possibly including detailed clinical and genomic information of individuals, may require different ethics assessment.

Social science is great at making wacky, wonderful claims about the way the world—and the human mind—works. But a lot of them are wrong.

Crises of infectious diseases are becoming more common. The world should be better prepared

A growing number of European students are opting to pay for their education

Tim Birkhead warns of the ‘end of science’ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity

Over the last week, there's been a storm over the executive compensation and financials at the Public Library of Science (PLOS).

Notices should make obvious whether a withdrawal of research is the result of misconduct or a genuine mistake, says Daniele Fanelli.

Amid the so-called replication crisis, could better investigative reporting be the answer? Maybe it’s time for journalists and scientists to work more closely together.