Six limiting maxims PhD students should avoid.

Animal-rights group's campaign to end forced-swim tests comes amid debate over whether method is overused.

It was tough for Lia Paola Zambetti to leave the bench after dreaming for more than a decade of becoming a scientist, and reaching her goal. But now she enjoys her work's broader impact.

Global effort to combat research misconduct gathers pace.

Releasing lab-built open source software often involves a mountain of unforeseen work for the developers.

Despite progress, many physical scientists from sexual and gender minorities experience exclusion or harassment at work, finds UK survey.

Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.

Funders should award competitive grants directly to journals to underwrite the costs of open access, urges Adriano Aguzzi.

Seven researchers discuss the challenges posed by science's embrace of one global language.

To promote effective sharing, we must create an enduring link between the people who generate data and its future uses, urge Heather H. Pierce and colleagues.

The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.

All disciplines should follow the geosciences and demand best practice for publishing and sharing data.

The region already hosts some of the world's leading scientific countries, and some of its smaller states are quickly catching up.

Atomic Age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval.

On the eve of the European Union's parliamentary elections, a special issue examines the prospects for science across the region.

The European Union's cross-border collaborative programmes offer lessons for the rest of the world.

Proactive, cosmopolitan and open, the European Union is filling a leadership void on the global stage.

Language, cultural differences and expense are common downsides in some European countries, but researchers who land in Europe love the opportunities to learn new techniques, work in a diverse setting and polish their confidence.

Nature asked nine leading Europeans to pick their top priority for science at this pivotal point. Love, money, and trust got the most votes.

Support from mainstream diversity initiatives would create a virtuous circle of visibility and benefit science for all, urges Jon Freeman.

The first international meeting on postgraduate mental health was an important step, but much more is needed to solve academia's crisis.