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A new paper suggests that positive feedback in funding may be a key mechanism through which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few extremely successful scholars, but also that the origins of emergent distinction in scientists' careers may be of an arbitrary nature.
By making science readily available to any viewer, researchers can reach people who are interested in science but can’t read original manuscripts in a journal for whatever reason. If you don’t believe me, just ask my mum.
In an uncertain world, more governments are asking universities to help develop weapons. That’s a threat to the culture and conscience of researchers.
China’s much-anticipated brain initiative finally starts to take shape.
The latest drafts of the copyright regulations in the EU have triggered a wave of criticism from open-science advocates saying that the proposals will stifle research and scholarly communication.
Most lab mice are kept in pristine conditions, but a few immunologists think a dose of dirt could make them a better model of human disease.
An outpouring on Twitter highlights the acute pressures on young scientists.
Nature peers into the evidence for ‘psychographic targeting’.
A scandal over an academic’s use of Facebook data highlights the need for research scrutiny.
The breadth of social and moral questions raised requires a new architecture for democratic debate, insists Simon Burall.
To beat the stiff competition, highlight your skills in collaboration, teamwork and meeting deadlines.
Following the shutdown of Beall’s list, blacklists that warn against questionable publishers are in demand.
With Vladimir Putin set to earn another presidential term, researchers wonder whether his government will reverse decades of decline.
The sleeping bear of Russian science could finally wake - and China can show it how.
Public regard for scientists is as strong as ever, but you wouldn't know it. Public trust in scientists has risen over the past three decades in the United Kingdom, even in the post-Brexit era.
Keeping your research data freely available is crucial for open science — and your funding could depend on it.
The largest share of open-access articles belongs to a new category described as “bronze”: articles are available on websites hosted by their publisher - either immediately or following an embargo - but are not formally licensed for reuse.
The MIT will work with a private firm to develop technology for producing energy from nuclear fusion within the next 15 years.
The accomplishments, limitations, recent advances and directions for future developments in the field of research synthesis.
What if it is not the concepts described by science fiction that could have the most impact, but the act of storytelling - the creation of scientific narratives - itself?
Nature journals encourage researchers who submit papers that rely on custom software to provide the programs for peer review.
