‘Motherless babies!’ How to create a tabloid science headline in five easy steps
‘Motherless babies!’ How to create a tabloid science headline in five easy steps
A modest developmental biology paper prompts breathless claims of egg-free embryos
Outlook on "Precision Medicine"
A nature Outlook collection of articles on "Precision Medicine"
Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies
With the right investment, an open source drug discovery system might compete with the traditional pharmaceutical industry to deliver the drugs we need.
Controversy over eye-catching new Nobel Center
Critics say the big new building will ruin the city's historic skyline
Clinical trial rules aim to improve public reporting of results
Researchers will have to publicly report the results of many more clinical trials under new government rules announced Friday.
Complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators
Complementarities and ambivalences in the development and use of indicators
The tension between simple but invalid indicators that are widely used and more sophisticated indicators that are not used or cannot be used in evaluation practices because they are not transparent for users, cannot be calculated, or are difficult to interpret.
Turkey’s purge of academia leads to record asylum requests
Post-coup crackdown has led to a huge number of requests for help, say charities for at-risk scholars.
The office experiment: Can science build the perfect workspace?
Windows, desks and employees are being wired up in a quest to create healthy, evidence-based environments.
New Proposals to Solve the Ongoing Reproducibility Crisis
Recap of contest launched by the Winnower and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to answer the question – How do we ensure that research is reproducible?
Danish universities face more cuts and more political control
The Lars Løkke Rasmussen government is moving to cut funding for universities and the student financing system and increase political control over higher education institutions.
NIH aims to beef up clinical trial design
NIH wants to expand the sharing of summary data from clinical trials, such as test results being reviewed here at NIH’s clinical center.
New Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE
Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE.
International students save up to one-fifth after Brexit
But UK students at universities abroad will lose out from the falling pound
The future of peer review is now!
The future of peer review is now!
It’s the most wondrous time of the year! Peer Review Week is the time when the scholarly communications community comes together to recognise the importance and value of peer review and peer review…
A Primer on How (Not) to Normalize
Citation metrics are very influential and their normalization is a contentious issue. Each normalization approach has advantages and disadvantages that need to be understood for proper use of these metrics.
What Is The Future Of Peer Review?
What Is The Future Of Peer Review?
Looking forward to Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs “What is the future of peer review?”
The Solution to Science's Replication Crisis
The solution to science's replication crisis is a new ecosystem in which scientists sell what they learn from their research.
Gender Bias and the Peer Review Process
Emma Sayer Lecturer, Lancaster University Despite increased efforts to improve gender equality in academia, gender bias still affects many areas of science.
Advice for early-career peer reviewers
The peer-review system, despite its flaws, is a central component of the publication process. However, relatively little guidance is provided for early-career scientists on 2 important aspects of peer review:
The evolving U.S. policy environment for open research data
This paper presents a brief overview of emerging policies to open up access to research data in the United States.
6 Easy Things Scientists Can do to End Pseudoscience
Don't believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them.
Wikipedia is significantly amplifying the impact of Open Access publications
Today, a scientist's most desired citation may be from a publication not often thought of as prestigious: Wikipedia.
Impact of referendum on immigration still uncertain
Two and a half years ago now, a narrow majority of the Swiss electorate approved the so-called popular 'Stop Mass Immigration' initiative or MEI proposed by the Swiss People’s Party or SVP...
Industry is open for business
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
Tougher rules for clinical-trial transparency
Investigators are now required to disclose all clinical trials, whether successful or not.
UN report calls for a greater place for science in international decision-making
Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.
Why scientific criticism sometimes needs to hurt
As a researcher who gets such severe criticism, you have to go through the 5 stages of grief...
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