How Climate Change is Hitting Europe: Three Graphics Reveal Health Impacts
A growing body of research reveals the deaths and diseases linked to rising temperatures across the continent.
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Cyberattacks Are Hitting Research Institutions With Devastating Effects
Hackers are targeting universities and research institutes with ransomware, leaving staff and students without the ability to work.
Far-right Gains in European Elections: What They Mean for Climate Goals
Far-right Gains in European Elections: What They Mean for Climate Goals
A shift to the political right in Europe could make it harder to bring in more ambitious green policies, but key net-zero commitments should remain.
What's the Best Way to Tackle Climate Change? An 'Evidence Bank' Could Help Scientists Find Answers
CERN's $17-billion Supercollider in Question As Top Funder Criticizes Cost
Germany has raised doubts about the affordability of the Large Hadron Collider's planned successor.
Biomedical Paper Retractions Have Quadrupled in 20 Years - Why?
Unreliable data, falsification and other issues related to misconduct are driving a growing proportion of retractions.
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
The young nation faces some deep-rooted challenges. Solutions informed by science could make a difference.
Japan's Push to Make All Research Open Access is Taking Shape
Japan will start allocating the 10 billion yen it promised to spend on institutional repositories to make the nation's science free to read.
Researcher Parents Are Paying a High Price for Conference Travel - Here's How to Fix It
Landing a Global Report on National Territories: the Reception of AR6 in France and Switzerland - Npj Climate Action
Landing a Global Report on National Territories: the Reception of AR6 in France and Switzerland - Npj Climate Action
his article explores the reception of the IPCC reports on a national scale, focusing on the case of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) in France and Switzerland.
US TikTok Ban: How the Looming Restriction is Affecting Scientists on the App
US TikTok Ban: How the Looming Restriction is Affecting Scientists on the App
Nature talks to researchers about what is at stake if users in the country lose access.
Hunger on Campus: Why US PhD Students Are Fighting over Food
Graduate students are relying on donated and discounted food in the struggle to make ends meet.
Scientists Urged to Collect Royalties from the 'Magic Money Tree'
By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced.
Will AI Accelerate or Delay the Race to Net-zero Emissions?
As artificial intelligence transforms the global economy, researchers need to explore scenarios to assess how it can help, rather than harm, the climate.
Canadian Science Gets Biggest Boost to PhD and Postdoc Pay in 20 Years
Canadian Science Gets Biggest Boost to PhD and Postdoc Pay in 20 Years
Government budget includes more money for basic research and notable increases to postgraduate stipends.
Revealed: the Ten Research Papers That Policy Documents Cite Most
Revealed: the Ten Research Papers That Policy Documents Cite Most
An exclusive analysis shows that economics and interdisciplinary teams get the attention of policymakers.
Is ChatGPT Corrupting Peer Review? Telltale Words Hint at AI Use
A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots.
The EU's Ominous Emphasis on 'Open Strategic Autonomy' in Research
A reboot of the flagship Horizon Europe fund risks prioritizing a mindset geared towards security over open, future-facing research collaboration.
Will the Gates Foundation's Preprint-Centric Policy Help Open Access?
Revised policy says grant recipients must share manuscripts as preprints - and removes support for article-processing charges.
Practices, Observations, and Experience
The voice of citizen scientists is often lost despite their indispensable role. To remedy this deficiency, a survey on the overall experiences of citizen scientists was undertaken.
Why the World Cannot Afford the Rich
Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear - people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.
Ditching 'Anthropocene': Why Ecologists Say the Term Still Matters
Beyond stratigraphic definitions, the name has broader significance for understanding humans' place on Earth.
'Despair': Argentinian Researchers Protest As President Begins Dismantling Science
'Despair': Argentinian Researchers Protest As President Begins Dismantling Science
Javier Milei's actions after taking office have research institutions facing shutdown.
More than 2 Million Research Papers have Disappeared from the Internet
An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.
What Science Says About Hybrid Working - and How to Make It a Success
How researchers can maximize creativity and connection in the 'new normal'.
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