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Failed funding applications are inevitable, but perseverance can pay dividends.

Kvarven, Strømland and Johannesson compare meta-analyses to multiple-laboratory replication projects and find that meta-analyses overestimate effect sizes by a factor of almost three. Commonly used methods of adjusting for publication bias do not substantively improve results.

Repositories like INA-Rxiv and IndiaRxiv boost regional science, but finding cash to run them is proving difficult.

An automated e-mail response posted by an academic researcher on Twitter unleashed a social-media debate about the importance of work-life balance.

Ashmita Das describes the ethos of her freelance-research platform, Kolabtree.

Investigation finds that biophysicist Kuo-Chen Chou repeatedly suggested dozens of citations be added to papers.

As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.

Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.

A mean and aggressive research working culture threatens the public's respect for scientists and their expertise, says Gail Cardew.

Volunteering with an organization can improve communication and help you adapt to the unexpected.

Nature asked readers what it should focus on in the next decade. Here is what the respondents said.

The advisory organization wants to halt the exodus of caregivers from research.

Craig Cormick explains how scientists can get their arguments across to members of the public.

One genetic analysis suggests reptilian reservoir - but researchers doubt that the coronavirus could have originated in animals other than birds or mammals.

Science is messy, and the results of research rarely conform fully to plan or expectation. ‘Clean’ narratives are an artefact of inappropriate pressures and the culture they have generated.

Papers are getting more rigorous, according to a text-mining analysis of 1.6 million papers, but progress is slower than some researchers would like.

Researchers are racing to find out more about the epidemiology and genetic sequence of the coronavirus spreading in Asia and beyond.

Global study highlights long hours, poor job security and mental-health struggles.

The United States is no longer the 'uncontested leader' in science globally, the National Science Foundation says.

Without human insights, data and the hard sciences will not meet the challenges of the next decade.

Big data are difficult to handle. These tips and tricks can smooth the way.

Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.

Stay organized to help spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves!

Diversity initiatives applaud role models but academics who are carers can have trouble relinquishing family privacy to share their experiences.

At the current rate, most of the goals will not be met. Here's how the 2030 agenda can be put back on the right path.

Learning to handle failure is just part of scientific life.

Protect time for deep thinking - it is crucial for productivity in a world of constant interaction, urges Heidi Rehm.

The UK prime minister's adviser Dominic Cummings wants scientific approaches to inform government - but researchers worry his view is simplistic.

A tool that focuses on papers - not researcher behaviour - can help readers, editors and institutions assess which publications to trust.

Working alongside physicists made him a better science communicator, says Ken Kosik, and helped him to clarify knowledge gaps in his own field.