With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
Who gets credit for the technology to cut-and-paste the human genome?
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plan to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
Federally funded research will now come with an open access clause – but uncertainties remain
Concerns about data sharing patient-level data from clinical trials.
The cancer researcher reflects on the 2016 election, his experience as a political adviser, and the difficulties of communicating how science works.
Thomson Reuters Web of Science 2016 Nobel Prize Predictions based on Citations.
Last week saw the publication of the latest world university rankings. But until the purveyors of these league tables address the uncertainties in their data, no-one knows where they really stand. Opinion piece by Stephen Curry.
MacArthur Fellowships, or "Genius Grants" are awarded annually to between 20 and 30 individuals who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the US.
We don't know what knowledge we'll need in the future, and that's where maths research comes in.
New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.
Can we as a community provide citizen scientists worldwide a chance to publish open access peer reviewed articles without significant cost through a competitive publication fee subsidy scheme where each application is reviewed by the national science funding agency?
Publons top overall contributors to peer review in science and research.
For Peer Review Week, researchers from across the spectrum offer advice and insights about how to review research manuscripts
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The inaugural Sentinel of Science awards aim to give peer review a bit more luster by showcasing the contributions of reviewers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.
Matthias Egger, internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health expert, will be the new president of the National Research Council of the SNSF as of 2017.
As part of its new 13th 5-year plan, the Chinese Academy of Sciences this month unveiled plans for a national science center...
If Zuckerberg and Chan want to get some bang for their buck, they’ll need to break down the structures that hold brilliant young scientists back
BioMed Central psychology journal will attempt to tackle publication bias by withholding research results from peer reviewers.
A torrent of low-quality meta-analyses and systematic reviews in biomedicine might be hiding valuable research and misleading scientists.
A leading space scientist has accused the European Space Agency (ESA) of having a “problem with promoting women” that has led to men holding almost every top job at the agency.
We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus beginning to emerge?
Citation network maps may indicate when gaming is taking place. Proving intention is a different story.
Authorea, The Winnower, and Reddit are teaming up to explore the role of social media in research and discovery. We want to hear from you, in essay form!
