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How several free software tools have fundamentally upgraded our approach to collaborative research, making our entire workflow more transparent and streamlined.
Papers need to include fewer claims and more proof to make the scientific literature more reliable.
The blockchain technology that underpins cryptographic currencies can support sustainability by building trust and avoiding corruption, explains Guillaume Chapron.
Independent professionals advance science in ways faculty-run labs cannot, and such positions keep talented people in research, argues Steven Hyman.
Presenting science as a battle for truth against ignorance is an unhelpful exaggeration.
China has a lucrative market for fake research reagents. Some scientists are fighting back.
An intellectual free-for-all doesn’t lead to the common ground on which research can build.
Without data on how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs, policymakers will fly blind into the next industrial revolution, warn Tom Mitchell and Erik Brynjolfsson.
Researchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent submissions to nation's drug agency.
Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.
Funders should force universities to support laboratories’ research health
Alfredo Fusco denies claims that his research lab hired a photo studio to manipulate images.
Science panels still rely on poor proxies to judge quality and impact.
Nature journals have signed up to the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment agreement.
Journal editors tend to accept manuscripts written by prior collaborators more quickly.
They say they don't have the time or incentives to do research — and that’s dangerous for translational medicine.
Analysis reveals that female researchers are over-represented on the social-media site and that mathematicians and life scientists are less likely to use it.
Beth Simone Noveck urges researchers to work out how technology can improve public institutions.
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
Without data on how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs, policymakers will fly blind into the next industrial revolution, say Tom Mitchell and Erik Brynjolfsson.
Male scientists in the United Kingdom report teaching less than their female counterparts, while women and minorities tend to feel disadvantaged in their careers.
Linguists, anthropologists and political scientists take to Capitol Hill to defend their research.
If you are terrified to meet with your supervisor, start with small doses.
US Food and Drug Administration says firm can provide consumers with information on genetic risks.
The political left and right share an interest in science in general, but not science in particular. the political left and right share an interest in science in general, but not science in particular.
