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With a condition that's "too strange for words," patient can do mental math but cannot recognize numerals.
Survey finds that standard metrics of success can't completely explain why some candidates get offers and others don't.
Researchers are scrambling to find other ways to diagnose the coronavirus and churn out millions of tests a week - a key step in returning to normality.
Was there ever a golden age of unsullied science, as a book implies?
To avoid stalemates and provide lessons, replicators and original researchers must reach agreement on a study design and set out expectations ahead of time.
Biennials, regional hubs and virtual attendance can slash emissions, new calculations show.
Funders will override policies of subscription journals that don't let scientists share accepted manuscripts under open licence.
COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the 'bench sciences' and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This could have important short- and longer-term effects on their careers, which institution leaders and funders need to address carefully.
As conference cancellations cut revenue, some scholarly organizations are fighting to stay afloat.
As lockdowns ease, Olivier Pourret hopes that academia will take on board lessons about how to redefine career success.
San Quentin prison is dealing with the third-largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States: researchers fear that other prisons are at risk.
A research institute that appointed Pier Paolo Pandolfi as its scientific director has reversed its decision after internal protests.
If your lab is still shuttered and work is a struggle, technology researcher Sun Sun Lim offers advice on how to switch off.
Panellists offer advice on productivity, parenting under lockdown and mental well-being, with more webcasts planned.
Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing.
The agency has outlined actions it may take to deal with bullies and harassers, but it still relies on universities to report bad behaviour.
Pandemic politics highlight how predictions need to be transparent and humble to invite insight, not blame.
Frustrated and exhausted by systemic racism in the science community, Black researchers outline steps for action.
More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models.
Nature asked authors and editors for advice on how to improve peer-review communication.
In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.
Nature commits to working to end anti-Black practices in research.
