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.

Fields Medal-winning Cambridge mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers and a team of colleagues have recently launched a new editor-owned Open Access (OA) journal for mathematics.

While we may be drawn to the fantasy of Robin Hood, it is easy to see the danger of putting one individual’s idea of right and wrong ahead of society’s democratically enforced laws.

Countries with weak national research systems were always going to struggle to win ERC grants.

Dozens of startups, backed by hundreds of millions in investment, are racing to develop a liquid biopsy that could diagnose cancer from a simple blood draw.

Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling?

Scientific data might be filled with important things waiting to be discovered.

Women have come a long way in science, but plenty of work remains. After all, gender bias in science doesn't happen in a vacuum.

The scientist who helped develop the neural networks behind Google's AlphaGo, which beat grandmaster Lee Sedol, on the past, present and future of AI

The field is currently undergoing a painful period of introspection. It will emerge stronger than before.

“Science isn’t about truth and falsity, it’s about reducing uncertainty.”

If Donald Trump were to trigger a crisis in Western democracy, scientists would need to look at their part in its downfall, says Colin Macilwain.

Oceanography, brain science and stem cells among research fields that look set to grow.

An essay by the Pulitzer-prizewinning science journalist Deborah Blum.

As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards