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Frustrated and exhausted by systemic racism in the science community, Black researchers outline steps for action.

Universities are facing a severe financial crisis and some contract staff are hanging by a thread. Senior colleagues need to speak up now.

Nature asked authors and editors for advice on how to improve peer-review communication.

In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.

Academics and some scientific organizations will stop research activities on 10 June to reflect and take action on systemic inequalities in science.

Nature commits to working to end anti-Black practices in research.

As marchers in the United States and around the world filled the streets this past week to protest against police brutality and racial injustice, Black scientists grieved openly on social media, calling for action on racism in society and in science.

What was the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions at the outset of the pandemic?

Financial crises could spell trouble for science budgets but spending could surge in some countries. Series investigates science after the pandemic.

With student enrolment projected to fall, some US and UK institutions have halted recruitment.

Virtual meetings are becoming the norm under COVID-19 and winning over many researchers: part 3 in a series on science after the pandemic.

The platform evaluates these journals’ peer-review procedures and invites journal editors to provide such information for inclusion in the database.

The push for rapid and open publishing could take off - although financial pressures lie ahead: part 4 in a series on science after the pandemic.

How virtual classrooms and dire finances could alter academia: the first chapter in a week-long series on science after the pandemic.

Early analyses suggest that female academics are posting fewer preprints and starting fewer research projects than their male peers.

Data and infographic updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

If President Trump sidelines the World Health Organization, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and resurgence of deadly diseases.

Scientists from both countries must rise above political rhetoric for the sake of all, says Xiao-Nong Zhou.

Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread.

Researchers are rushing to pool resources and data sets to tackle the pandemic, but the new era of openness comes with concerns around privacy, ownership and ethics.

Researchers looking to make tests widely available worry as regulators freeze the team that first identified US community spread.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is at the forefront of a new crop of space explorers destined for the Moon, and maybe one day, Mars.

US scientists say that better data, testing and hospital preparedness are key to erasing inequalities - and to defeating the pandemic overall.

Preprints analysis suggests a disproportionate impact on early career researchers.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, science is crucial to inform public policy. At the same time, mistrust of scientists and misinformation about scientific facts are rampant. Six scientists, actively involved in outreach, reflect on how to build a better understanding and trust of science.

Critics of current methods for evaluating researchers’ work say a system that relies on bibliometric parameters favours a ‘quantity over quality’ approach, and undervalues achievements such as social impact and leadership.

Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching - and growing.

The pandemic is devastating economies. As countries look to revive growth, recovery must go with - not against - the grain of nature.

Elisabeth Bik quit her job to spot errors in research papers - and has become the public face of image sleuthing.

Repositories are rapidly disseminating crucial pandemic science - and they're screening more closely to guard against poor-quality work.