The Quest for Postdoctoral Independence
How to step out from the shadow of your principal investigator.
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Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Respect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration.
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Marine biologists are using artificial intelligence to help them identify objects in millions of images.
No More First Authors, No More Last Authors
If we really want transdisciplinary research, we must ditch the ordered listing of authors that stalls collaborative science.
Top US Science Agency Unveils Hotly Anticipated Harassment Policy
The National Science Foundation's rules for reporting harassment by grant recipients are the strictest yet instituted by a US government science agency.
Reboot Undergraduate Courses for Reproducibility
Collaboration across institutes can train students in open, team science, which better prepares them for challenges to come.
Predicting Scientific Success
Even sophisticated, data-driven models of academic careers have trouble forecasting the highs and lows.
Mass Resignation Guts Board of Prestigious Cochrane Collaboration
Governing board of the evidence-based medicine group may now be dissolved entirely.
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated.
Thousands of Scientists Publish a Paper Every Five Days
To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.
Africa Should Set Own Standards of Research Excellence
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Peer Reviewers Unmasked: Largest Global Survey Reveals Trends
Scientists in emerging economies respond fastest to peer review invitations but are invited least.
The Key to a Happy Lab Life Is in the Manual
A well-crafted set of guidelines and advice can save time, reassure trainees and promote a positive lab culture, argues Mariam Aly.
Open Access the Movie
Richard Poynder views a documentary on the tug of war over paywalls in scholarly publishing.
University Clears Ngago Gene-editing Study Authors of Deception
But an investigation confirmed that the study was flawed.
Google Unveils Search Engine for Open Data
The tool, called Google Dataset Search, should help researchers to find the data they need more easily.
Radical Open-Access Plan Could Spell End to Journal Subscriptions
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.
Ways to Promote and Foster Collaborative Research in Your Lab
Top tips for principal investigators to help junior scientists navigate the travails of teamwork.
Help to Shape Policy With Your Science
Decision-makers need input from researchers on issues involving science and society.
Publish Peer Reviews
Biomedical funders and ASAPbio call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
India Targets Universities in Predatory-journal Crackdown
But academics say government incentives to publish are part of the problem.
Publish Peer Reviews
Jessica K. Polka and colleagues call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
Research Is Set up for Bullies to Thrive
Working conditions in academic labs encourage abusive supervision. It is time to improve monitoring of and penalties for abuse, says Sherry Moss.
High-Profile Journals Put to Reproducibility Test
Researchers replicated 62% of social-behaviour findings published in Science and Nature - a result matched almost exactly by a prediction market.
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