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Brexit Tore Apart European Science - Now the Research Rifts Are Healing
Brexit Tore Apart European Science - Now the Research Rifts Are Healing
The UK's share of EU research funding is climbing, but lost networks will be harder to recover.
Europe is Ditching US Tech - What Does This Mean for Researchers?
European governments are choosing European digital tools - and some universities and researchers are doing the same.
First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals
Women's participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship - markers of key scientific achievements - have barely shifted over the past decade.
Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish
Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish
Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.
Why It's Time to Bin Recommendation Letters in Science Job Applications
Poor Supervision is Pushing Young Researchers out of Academia
Poor Supervision is Pushing Young Researchers out of Academia
A survey finds that academic supervisors can have a huge impact on their students' mental health.
Will AI Ruin the Social Sciences - or Revolutionize Them?
The technology can whip up spurious findings and pollute survey responses, but it could also make research more rigorous.
Robots Run This Laboratory in Japan - And Are Changing How Scientists Work
Robots Run This Laboratory in Japan - And Are Changing How Scientists Work
Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.
Innovation Starts in Schools - Lessons from China
Countries that want successful innovation systems must invest in science education and science teachers.
NIH Ousts Infectious-disease Leaders As COVID Scientists Face US Charges
NIH Ousts Infectious-disease Leaders As COVID Scientists Face US Charges
Eight of the top ten officials at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office.
Tough Peer-review Process? Your Paper Might End Up Being More Highly Cited
Tough Peer-review Process? Your Paper Might End Up Being More Highly Cited
An AI-led analysis of publicly available peer-review reports links requests for major revisions with papers that end up having high impact.
Elsevier Vs Meta: First Science Publisher Sues over Scraped Research Papers
Elsevier Vs Meta: First Science Publisher Sues over Scraped Research Papers
Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class-action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model.
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year's spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher
First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher
Artificial-intelligence tool spots copied peer reviews, helping to uncover fraud in academic publishing.
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
Analysis of papers from millions of scientists shows that older researchers tend to stick with ideas from their past.
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Research funding agencies are battling a wave of AI-assisted applications. Countermeasures should not entrench existing power structures.
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
The tough new policy was introduced to curb submissions, but drew criticism from researchers.
How Much of the Scientific Literature is Generated by AI?
Tools for reliably estimating what artificial intelligence is being used for are still lacking.
Could Agentic AI Topple Grant-Funding Systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
AI Doom Warnings Are Getting Louder. Are They Realistic?
Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks.
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.
Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research
Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research
Robustness checks and reproduction of analyses with existing and updated data based on 110 articles in economics and political science journals with data and code-sharing requirements found high levels of robustness and reproducibility and determined that robustness was not dependent on author characteristics or data availability.
'Science Needs Defending': Record Number of Researchers Run for Office in US Mid-terms
'Science Needs Defending': Record Number of Researchers Run for Office in US Mid-terms
Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration's cuts to science - whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.
14 Things Our PhD Supervisors Got Right and Why It Mattered
PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference - from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance.
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