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A new tool, created by the advocacy organization Center for Open Science, seeks to change editorial practices. Journals are scored based on ten different criteria, including availability of data and policies on preregistration.
Machine learning spots molecules that work even against 'untreatable' strains of bacteria.
John Malloy shares his experiences of risking debt to travel - and discusses what to do about it.
Failed funding applications are inevitable, but perseverance can pay dividends.
Kvarven, Strømland and Johannesson compare meta-analyses to multiple-laboratory replication projects and find that meta-analyses overestimate effect sizes by a factor of almost three. Commonly used methods of adjusting for publication bias do not substantively improve results.
Repositories like INA-Rxiv and IndiaRxiv boost regional science, but finding cash to run them is proving difficult.
An automated e-mail response posted by an academic researcher on Twitter unleashed a social-media debate about the importance of work-life balance.
Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.
As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.
A mean and aggressive research working culture threatens the public's respect for scientists and their expertise, says Gail Cardew.
Volunteering with an organization can improve communication and help you adapt to the unexpected.
Nature asked readers what it should focus on in the next decade. Here is what the respondents said.
Craig Cormick explains how scientists can get their arguments across to members of the public.
One genetic analysis suggests reptilian reservoir - but researchers doubt that the coronavirus could have originated in animals other than birds or mammals.
Papers are getting more rigorous, according to a text-mining analysis of 1.6 million papers, but progress is slower than some researchers would like.
Science is messy, and the results of research rarely conform fully to plan or expectation. ‘Clean’ narratives are an artefact of inappropriate pressures and the culture they have generated.
Global study highlights long hours, poor job security and mental-health struggles.
Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade.
The United States is no longer the 'uncontested leader' in science globally, the National Science Foundation says.
Diversity initiatives applaud role models but academics who are carers can have trouble relinquishing family privacy to share their experiences.
Stay organized to help spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves!
Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.
Big data are difficult to handle. These tips and tricks can smooth the way.
Learning to handle failure is just part of scientific life.
At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here's how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.
