Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.

Academics can excel in many areas, but thus far they have primarily been assessed based on research achievements. From now on, the public knowledge institutions and research funders want to consider academics' knowledge and expertise more broadly in determining career policy and grant requirements.

When it comes to race, "It's always like 'O.K., but now we're going to start the lesson on peas,''' a biology teacher said. A study will test a new approach.

Around 200 environmental campaigners are barred from climate talks after Greta Thunberg speaks.

He Jiankui's original research, published for the first time, could have failed, scientists say.

A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug's prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for abuse.

But can we protect them?

International codes of conduct are important, but grass-roots efforts are the key to embedding research integrity.

We explore the components that can support reproducibility by making research more easily verifiable: data, code, and protocols.

Little is known about the long-term effects of early-career setback. Here, the authors compare junior scientists who were awarded a NIH grant to those with similar track records, who were not, and find that individuals with the early setback systematically performed better in the longer term.

It's called Digid8 and will try to use your genes to make sure you never meet the wrong person.

Institutions must act together to reform research culture.

In memory of Margarita Salas, the biochemist whose discoveries led to faster, more-accurate DNA testing.

ASAPbio and EMBO Press have launched Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts in the life sciences before they are submitted to a journal. 

Grant and funding withdrawals should be considered in cases of sexual harrassment, say researchers.

An image of three perpetually bouncing droplets, whose behaviour embodies a key theory in quantum physics, has won first place in the Royal Society Publishing photography competition. The award celebrates science and its beauty as portrayed through photography

Protests in Hong Kong, Lebanon, and Iran have forced cypherpunks to test censorship resistant technologies in the wild.

A physicist has become embroiled in a sexism row with Wikipedia after profiles she created for female scientists were removed because they were "not notable enough".

UK health service will not gain commercial benefit from future Amazon products using its data