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Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of 'long COVID'.

Open letter flags results that appear to be duplicated and calls for access to the underlying data on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for widespread use.

Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.

Europe's flagship science agency will be crucial to a post-coronavirus world. Slashing its budget will be a senseless act.

An advocacy group calls for funders and institutions to launch flexible grant and fellowship schemes and equity programmes.

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of herd immunity has become a topic of much debate. This Comment examines the factors that determine it, discusses how far we have come and considers what it will take to reach herd immunity safely.

The pandemic has worsened the plight of postdoctoral researchers. Funders need to be offering more than moral support.

As COVID-19 reveals the toll of discrimination, racism and inequality, a book skewers genetic reductionism.

A suite of tools can help researchers to manage citations for grants and papers, and share those references with colleagues.

Authorities' increased scrutiny of Chinese researchers' background causes concern about unfair accusations.

Inequities and other social realities must be factored into diagnoses and tracing of COVID-19.

Responses to the pandemic in India's slums, Brazil's favelas and Africa's marketplaces show that networks play a crucial part in making cities more resilient. Let's enhance and empower them.

Most detailed report yet about the impact of giant satellite clusters says damage to observations is unavoidable.

Political meddling and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind.

Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.

China’s science ministry is set to introduce its most comprehensive rules so far for dealing with research misconduct. The measures, which come into effect next month, outline what constitute violations and appropriate punishments. But critics say that enforcement will continue to be a problem.

We want to hear how researchers and students are managing the start of term.

Valuing diversity leads to scientific excellence, the progress of science and, most importantly, it is simply the right thing to do. We must value diversity not only in words, but also in actions.

An algorithm developed to spot abnormal patterns of citations aims to find scientists who have manipulated reference lists.

It's been described as the 'tip of the iceberg' when it comes to unethical practices in Russian academia.

Activists praise the actions, but now seek deeper cultural change.

The immunization is the first approved for widespread use but could be dangerous because it hasn't been tested in large trials, say researchers.

Pandemic policy must include defining and measuring what we mean by mild infection.

Universities and those who work there must reimagine spaces, behaviour and processes to promote a sense of belonging for everyone.

Science Europe recommends assessing societal impact and contributions to knowledge and policy when awarding grants and promotions.

The US National Science Foundation's new focus on computer science could also put already-under-represented groups at a disadvantage, critics say.

This coronavirus is here for the long haul - here's what scientists predict for the next months and years.

Sampling simulated data can reveal common ways in which our cognitive biases mislead us.

The pandemic is sabotaging the careers of researchers from under-represented groups, but institutions can help to staunch the outflow.

With a condition that's "too strange for words," patient can do mental math but cannot recognize numerals.