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Kevin Boehnke and Richard E. Harris introduced a course in meditation, yoga and mindfulness to the neuroscience programme at their institution.
Early-career researchers bring energy, talent and diverse voices to leadership and advisory roles.
The push to remove journal paywalls officially started this year. Here's how it works.
Analysis reveals three ways to boost green investment and achieve a resilient recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.
A treaty might help countries to prepare for the next pandemic - but first they must study what went wrong during this one.
The pandemic is being used as a pretext to push unproven artificial-intelligence tools into workplaces and schools.
Search-engine co-founder Anurag Acharya explains why it now tells authors when their papers should be made free to read.
The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.
Risks shoot up when virus particles accumulate in buildings, but it's not clear how best to improve ventilation.
A special report outlines the challenges - from unleashing the power of mRNA vaccines, to the battle for temporary intellectual-property relief.
Research software infrastructure is critical for accelerating science, and yet, these digital public goods are often unsustainably funded. Solving this problem requires an appreciation of the intrinsic value of research software outputs, and greater investment of time and effort into effectively funding maintenance of software at scale.
Critics say redundancies are being decided using unreliable measures related to funding and citations, highlighting broader unease about the use of metrics in science.
Results confirming the vaccine's strong protection against COVID-19 were welcomed following last week's pause in roll-outs - but fresh questions have now emerged about the data.
The three of us took a break from our PhD programmes for a stint that enriched our CVs and improved our chances of career success.
Policymakers need insight from humanities and social sciences to tackle the pandemic.
Some publishers say they are battling industrialized cheating. A Nature analysis examines the 'paper mill' problem - and how editors are trying to cope.
Even with vaccination efforts in full force, the theoretical threshold for vanquishing COVID-19 looks to be out of reach.
A Nature poll shows that a year of online research conferences has brought big benefits, but blending them with in-person meetings in future will be a challenge.
This author weathered repeated rejections, but constructive feedback helped him to find ways to stand out from the crowd.
Systems for assessing scientists' work must properly account for a lost year of research - especially for female researchers.
Tempted to try your hand at a new technique? These tools will help you on your way.
The process of setting up a funding agency for high-risk research in the United Kingdom is under way. But questions remain about how it will benefit science.
The American Physical Society's new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies.
