Is science quite as scientific as it's supposed to be? After years of covering science in the news, Alok Jha began to wonder whether science is as rigorous as it should be.

Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers.

A look at the PLoS ONE paper on a hand designed by “the Creator”

Tweets of articles from Cell, Nature and Science journals all resulted in 2.166 more times clicks on the journal title rather than the anonymized links.

A personalised recommendation platform for scientific content.

ScienceTake 100th video: trying to offer compelling imagery, a glimpse at how science is done and answers to questions that are rarely asked.

A not-for-profit organisation whose activities, assets and profits are dedicated to the purpose of providing benefit to the scientific community.

Different models in science communication.

Webcasts of the 2016 Science|Business Horizon2020 conference: will its overall, annual budget be cut in this year's EU funding review?

Times Higher Education's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff.

To promote and reward collaboration we’re developing a “C-score” that measures the quality and quantity of collaborators’ contributions to group efforts.,

Current and potential future systems of peer review.

Despite the real-time scrutiny of internet publication, getting a paper retracted or corrected turns out to be nearly impossible.

"A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels."

In the face of routine rejection, many scientists must learn to cope with the insidious beast that is impostor syndrome.

Growth in scientific publishing as a barrier to science communication.

Corporate boards, the US Congress, and global gatherings like the just-wrapped WEF in Davos are all built on a simple theory of problem solving: Get enough smart and powerful people in a room and they'll figure it out. This may be misguided.

The design of clinical studies whose results are published in high-impact medical journals is not associated with the likelihood or amount of ensuing news coverage.

This paper presents Wikiometrics: the derivation of metrics and indicators from Wikipedia.

This paper highlights key guidelines to help authors increase their data’s reuse potential and compliance with journal data policies.

Authors tend to attribute manuscript acceptance to their own ability to write quality papers and simultaneously to blame rejections on negative bias in peer review, displaying a self-serving attributional bias.

Fellow of the Royal Society and future President of the Royal Statistical Society, Sir David Spiegelhalter visits Dr Nicole Janz to discuss reproducibility in scientific publications.

The DNA sequencing giant will launch a new company, Grail, to develop blood tests to detect cancer.

A few years back, I asked two colleagues for letters of support for my grant proposal. One colleague drafted a letter personally. The other, citing heavy time pressures, asked me to draft the letter myself.

Some papers cite the retracted work to examine the retraction itself. Others may simply be pointing out that the findings of a withdrawn paper have been proven false.

Space missions, carbon capture and gravitational waves are set to shape the year.

Edge annual question: what do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?

What actually is "academic freedom"?

Participating in open and signed post-publication peer review may not be so bad for your career after all.

The first Bad Metric award will be made in April 2016. Nominations are open now.