Reading a scientific paper is not the same as understanding Shakespeare.

Data-centric science is emerging in concert with calls for increased openness in research.

In February 2017, when Elsevier were accused of selling one paid-for hybrid open access article, at first they sowed doubt about it, then three days later admitted it to be true.

It’s more than a skirmish over funding, censorship, and “alternative facts”—it’s a battle for basic decency, the people we love, and the future of our planet.

"Donald Trump is going to be the gateway drug for scientists being engaged in policy."

 Funders, scientists, and journal editors will continue to play vital roles in defining a communication system that embraces both modern technology and the human need for curation.

Squaring science with the human factor

How modern science can be put back on track for the greater good of society.

Think the current fake news issue is bad? It won’t get any better with AI.

It's not just about defending knowledge -- scientists fear cuts to funding and curbs on immigration.

A good book evokes a variety of emotions as you read. Turns out, though, that almost all novels and plays provide one of only six “emotional experiences” from beginning to end—a rags-to-riches exuberance, say, or a rise and fall of hope.

Nurturing New Black and Latino Math Whizzes

Organs are not the only item of value from the deceased.

Spending on R&D has lagged behind the rest of the OECD countries.

The Turkish government must stop university dismissals and commit itself to creating a welcoming research environment if its grand plans for science are to succeed.

Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.

The War on Science is more than a skirmish over funding, censorship, and “alternative facts”. It’s a battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.

In this Viewpoint, Ioannidis discusses the problem of nonreproducibility in biomedical research and proposes implementing reproducibility assessments to improve research practices.

How the humanities survive on exploitation.

Virtualitics launches software that immerses viewers in complex models of data

The debate about open access has until now focused on the gold (journals) versus the green route (manuscript self‐archival).

In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.

Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option

In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.

The UK’s departure from the EU is an opportunity to rebrand all of Europe as intellectually open, collaborative and dynamic.

Research on academics’ writing practices has revealed tensions around the ways in which managerial practices interact with academics’ individual career goals, disciplinary values and sense of scholarly identity.

It started with a tweet, but now it's an international movement. Spurred by concerns about the impact President Donald Trump's administration might have on research, the March for Science is "a call to support and safeguard the scientific community."

Paul Cairney counsels homework and lots of patience.

When politics meddles with science, it can lead to tragedy, as was the case with Stalin's favourite agricultural biologist Trofim Lysenko and his rival Nikolai Vavilov.

The EU should listen to the innovators, knowledge creators and developers when it comes to data mining: the potential benefits are too great to be ignored, writes Helen Frew.