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AI Agents Are 'aeroplanes for the Mind': Five Ways to Ensure That Scientists Are Responsible Pilots
AI Agents Are 'aeroplanes for the Mind': Five Ways to Ensure That Scientists Are Responsible Pilots
As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and surprise.
A Large-scale Randomized Study of Large Language Model Feedback in Peer Review
A randomized controlled study demonstrates that large language model-generated feedback can make reviews more informative while enhancing reviewer-author engagement. Preprint available: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09737
Pop-up Journals for Policy Research: Can Temporary Titles Deliver Answers?
Journals that focus on specific research questions could help to bridge the science-policy gap, if they can attract researchers.
Science Funding Needs Fixing - but Not Through Chaotic Reforms
The changes announced by a major UK science funder are putting scientists - and the future of research - in a difficult position.
Now is Not the Time to Defund Human Fetal Tissue Research
Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines.
The US is Quitting 66 Global Agencies: What Does It Mean for Science?
The US is Quitting 66 Global Agencies: What Does It Mean for Science?
The United States is leaving some of the world's oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations tell Nature that their work continues.
Artificial Intelligence Tools Expand Scientists' Impact but Contract Science's Focus
Artificial Intelligence Tools Expand Scientists' Impact but Contract Science's Focus
Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists' output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich areas and potentially limiting broader scientific exploration.
Pre-print available here: Artificial Intelligence Tools Expand Scientists' Impact but Contract Science's Focus
Point of No Returns: Researchers Are Crossing a Threshold in the Fight for Funding
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
The first Nature Index table on the field shows how research in the East is focused on industrial strategy.
How Does Scientific Research Generate Impact Beyond Academia? Cross-disciplinary Comparison Based on REF Impact Cases
How Does Scientific Research Generate Impact Beyond Academia? Cross-disciplinary Comparison Based on REF Impact Cases
The impact of scientific research beyond academia is receiving increasing attention from scientists, science policy, and society in general. However, the mechanisms driving this impact remain unclear.
Academic Boycotts: Data Hint at Shifting Research Partnerships
Individual researchers and academic bodies are choosing not to work with other nations' scientists amid geopolitical tensions. Is this affecting research output?
Lottery Before Peer Review is Associated with Increased Female Representation and Reduced Estimated Economic Cost in a German Funding Line
Lottery Before Peer Review is Associated with Increased Female Representation and Reduced Estimated Economic Cost in a German Funding Line
A lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among funded projects as well as by lower estimated costs.
Science Diplomacy in Small States: a Case Study of Global Players Engagement in Slovakia
Science Diplomacy in Small States: a Case Study of Global Players Engagement in Slovakia
This paper examines the science diplomacy strategies employed in Slovakia by three major global players from America, Europe, and Asia: the United States, France, and China.
Trust and Science: the Essential Elements Missing from Plastics Treaty Talks
Trust and Science: the Essential Elements Missing from Plastics Treaty Talks
A plan to limit plastics pollution globally is in crisis. But disagreements can be resolved with a more formal role for science and more informal spaces for delegates.
Science in Exile: How Displaced African Researchers Are Rebuilding Careers Abroad
What Makes PhD Students Happy? Good Supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
Improving Impact Infrastructure: Key Predictors of Researchers' Policy Engagement Based on Behavioural Science
Improving Impact Infrastructure: Key Predictors of Researchers' Policy Engagement Based on Behavioural Science
This article presents the first behavioural science-based comprehensive diagnosis of key predictors of policy engagement using the COM-B model, which explains behaviour based on capability, opportunity, and motivation.
Cultivating an Equity-oriented Data Sharing Culture for African Health Research Initiatives
Cultivating an Equity-oriented Data Sharing Culture for African Health Research Initiatives
We propose a roadmap for promoting a data-sharing culture in African health research governed by data justice and solidarity. This framework integrates dynamic consent, equitable benefit-sharing, reciprocity, data custodianship, controlled access infrastructures, and data sovereignty
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