Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have been awarded the prize for their experimental approach to alleviating poverty.

Medical experts are one of the main sources used by journalists in reporting on medical science. This study aims to identify problems that medical experts encounter in contacts with the media representatives, elucidate their attitudes about interactions with journalists and reflect on solutions that could improve the quality of medical journalism.

Individual actions, such as ditching meat and not flying, won't make a substantial difference to our planet - and such demands divert attention away from the solutions that are needed.

This article reports on selected findings from the pilot African Open Science Platform landscape study, conducted by the Academy of Science of South Africa, on request of the SA Department of Science and Technology.

A Publons study aiming to bridge the gap in data and insights into the peer review of research funding and grant applications.

Many postdoctoral fellows in the STEM fields enter the academic job market with little knowledge of the process and expectations, and without any means to assess their qualifications relative to the general applicant pool. Demystifying this process is critical, as there is little information publicly available.

What can authors and reviewers do to keep common statistical mistakes out of the literature?

Why, even if you don’t care about the values that are promoted by Open Science, Open Science can benefit your career and therefore why you should still abide by the practices.

Biological advances have repeatedly changed who we think we are.

A researcher offers three principles for providing constructive, respectful feedback

Hans Eysenck More than two dozen papers by a controversial psychologist who died in 1997 are "unsafe."

Sharing research data is increasingly becoming a real business. Today, we provide an overview this landscape and highlight several recent announcements that may indicate future strategic prospects. 

External and internal collaboration patterns are presented.

The evidence is too weak to justify telling individuals to eat less beef and pork, according to new research. The findings "erode public trust," critics said.

Readers say they have been asked to reference seemingly superfluous studies after peer review.

Das Wissenschaftsmagazin higgs setzt Forschung ab sofort in den Kontext.

Organs-on-a-chip and other technologies are becoming reliable models for testing drug efficacy and toxicity.

Together with partners, the Rockefeller Foundation is working to improve access to data science tools for frontline health workers to prevent 6 million maternal and child deaths in 10 countries by 2030.

To foster open access in Finland, universities have decided to join forces and develop a full service platform for open publishing.

Fecher and Kobsda introduce the Research Impact Canvas - a structured guide to plan science communication activities.

How do academics become professors? This paper considers the making of ‘professor’ as a subject position through which academics are acknowledged in both organizational contexts and disciplinary fields.

Scientists who were booted from their advisory roles by the Trump administration plan to reconvene their air pollution panel without the backing of the government.

Academic libraries have an opportunity to engage in open access publishing to promote and protect the work being done by humanities scholars.

Given the reality of fraudulent publishers and their deceptive practices, will institutions consider more strongly guiding author choice of publishing venue in order to protect institutional reputation?

It's been almost 60 years since President Kennedy called on Americans to enter public service. Scientists are heeding that call.

Notes for a class called "Writing about Science, Medicine, and the Environment," which Carl Zimmer has taught for several years at Yale.

The Pulitzer prizewinner shares his advice for pleasing readers, editors and yourself.

Carlos Lopez-Otin Nature is rescinding an award to a Spanish researcher whose group has at least nine retractions for problems with their published images. 

As parents increasingly ask for access to experimental drugs for their children, there are likely to be even more such pleas for genetic technologies.