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Every research paper tells a story, but the pressure to provide 'clean' narratives is harmful for the scientific endeavour.

Papers are getting more rigorous, but progress is slower than some researchers would like.

Researchers are racing to find out more about the epidemiology and genetic sequence of the coronavirus spreading in Asia and beyond.

Global study highlights long hours, poor job security and mental-health struggles.

The United States is no longer the 'uncontested leader' in science globally, the National Science Foundation says.

Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade.

Big data are difficult to handle. These tips and tricks can smooth the way.

Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.

Stay organized to help spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves!

Diversity initiatives applaud role models but academics who are carers can have trouble relinquishing family privacy to share their experiences.

At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here's how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.

Learning to handle failure is just part of scientific life.

Working alongside physicists made him a better science communicator, says Ken Kosik, and helped him to clarify knowledge gaps in his own field.

Protect time for deep thinking - it is crucial for productivity in a world of constant interaction, urges Heidi Rehm.

The UK prime minister's adviser Dominic Cummings wants scientific approaches to inform government - but researchers worry his view is simplistic.

A tool that focuses on papers - not researcher behaviour - can help readers, editors and institutions assess which publications to trust.

Let 2020 be the year in which we value those who ensure that science is self-correcting.

The organizers of an international biology meeting asked psychologists to assess their attempts at retaining the advantages of traditional conferences.

Alan Cooper was dismissed as the leader of a prestigious genomics centre, following an investigation.

The 2010s have seen breakthroughs in frontiers from gene editing to gravitational waves. The coming one must focus on climate change.

Navigating the turbulent waters of the doctoral voyage

Many scientific organizations struggle with teaching and incentivizing science-communication practices. Here's what they can do differently, says communication researcher Jessica Eise.

Ten people who mattered in science in 2019 according to nature.

Promises to raise research spending and take action on climate change overshadowed by scientists' fears about leaving the European Union.

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.

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.

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

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

From online journal clubs to 'tweetorials' to conference updates, social media is changing the dissemination and discussion of biomedicine.