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As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.

The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.

Springer Nature says it commits to offering researchers a route to publishing open access in Nature and most Nature-branded journals from 2021.

The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people. Education and research will also pay the price.

Colleagues facing closed labs and enforced social distancing need a different type of support. Mentors must change their approach, says Ruth Gotian.

Wastewater testing could also be used as an early-warning sign if the virus returns.

Scientists are teaming up to fight COVID-19. Presidents and prime ministers should, too.

A reduction in seismic noise because of changes in human activity is a boon for geoscientists.

Alyssa Frederick defended her thesis remotely before the coronavirus outbreak began. Here's how.

In the first of two articles about laboratory closures triggered by COVID-19, scientists affected by the shutdowns outline the tools they are using to run their research groups remotely.

A few modest adjustments to the planning and delivery of talks can help scientists share ideas with their peers more effectively, say Scott St. George and Michael White.

A growing suite of tools allows teams of researchers to work collectively to edit scientific documents.

Love it or hate it, the H-index has become one of the most widely used metrics in academia for measuring the productivity and impact of researchers. But when Jorge Hirsch proposed it as an objective measure of scientific achievement in 2005, he didn’t think it would be used outside theoretical physics.

New York City researchers hope antibody-rich plasma can keep people out of intensive care.

Follow World Health Organization advice, end secrecy in decision-making and cooperate globally.

A team member on the huge project has tested positive for the virus, delaying the air mission.

Many of these titles have some editorial oversight - but the quality of reviews is in question.

Research and reading helped Shipra Jain to gain confidence in her abilities.

When science is viewed in isolation from the past and politics, it's easier for those with bad intentions to revive dangerous and discredited ideas.

Hilal A. Lashuel's experiences have taught him that maintaining good mental health and balancing life and work is a struggle everywhere in academia.

The public call for rapid sharing of research data relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak is driving an unprecedented surge in (unrefereed) preprints. To help pinpoint the most important research, Nature launched Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview, an open-source platform for rapid review of preprints related to emerging outbreaks.

An example of finding the balance between personal and professional lives during moves overseas and in and out of academia.

Physicists who were set to attend the American Physical Society's Denver conference are using virtual platforms to share their talks.

Three searchable databases provide information on global opportunities for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty members.

New policy tackles perverse incentives that drive 'publish or perish' culture and might be encouraging questionable research practices.

More funders and publishers must support such work and emphasize its value to the research community.

This article argues it is irresponsible to support research but not data stewardship.

Journals, funders and scholars must work together to create an infrastructure to study peer review.

The incident raises important questions about how institutions handle accusations of harassment that occurred at different universities - particularly in the #MeToo era.

A move from Germany taught Deb Raj Aryal how to acclimatize to a new research culture.