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Autoformatting in Microsoft Excel has caused many a headache—but now, a new study shows that one in five genetics papers in top scientific journals contains errors from the program.

Two upcoming reports disagree on the wisdom of setting a 2050 target for ending the disease.

Humanity needs to get better at knowing how to get better.

Google announces 2019 science fair winners.

Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials and forced scientists to change how they immunize people.

Most plant life survived the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - and they have a lack of legs to thank for it.

The University of Alaska system faces a 41% budget cut. Why that is devastating to education, science, and society.

The world's largest study into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges.

Sluggish economy and unemployment could explain French pessimism about science's job-boosting power.

Brexit or no Brexit, scientists across the continent have an obligation to keep standing up for ideals such as integrity, trust and cooperation, writes the European Union's former director-general of research, Robert-Jan Smits.

Academy will be managed by nationalist government in unprecedented move.

Spin in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments affects patients’/caregivers’ interpretation.

For years, scientists have declared P values of less than 0.05 to be "statistically significant." Now statisticians are saying the cutoff needs to go.

scite is a platform that allows anyone to see if a scientific report has been supported or contradicted by subsequent work. Its aim is to make it easier to tell what is fact and what is not.

The effort wouldn't have succeeded without Katie Bouman, who developed a crucial algorithm and helped devise imaging methods.

Network of eight radio telescopes around the world records revolutionary image.

Mars emits methane, a European orbiter has confirmed. But scientists can't say yet whether the source is geological or biological.

Looking beyond a much used and abused measure would make science harder, but better.

In creating a new innovation council, the European Commission is experimenting not just in policy but also in management.

We are inspired that our children, spurred on by the noble actions of Greta Thunberg and other striking students, are making their voices heard, say 224 academics

The body's microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.

As the chase for new elements slows, scientists focus on deepening their understanding of the superheavy ones they already know.

In 2014, microbiologists began a study that they hope will continue long after they're dead.

The author argues that the two biggest forces driving change in the scholarly communication landscape are consolidation and regulation. By consolidation, he means that there’s a now constant cycle of mergers and acquisitions, reducing the number of independent players in the market. By regulation, we’re talking about the increasing number of rules and the compliance burden being put on researchers.

DNA tests can have a placebo effect.

Scientific prizes confer credibility to persons, ideas, and disciplines, provide financial incentives, and promote community-building celebrations. The article examines the growth dynamics and interlocking relationships found in the worldwide scientific prize network. 

This year taught us more about distant planets and our own world, about the ways we're influencing our environment and the ways we're changing ourselves.

What research caught the public imagination in 2018? Check out our annual list of papers with the most attention.

 If science is growing exponentially, then the major technological advancements and upheavals of the past 200 years are only the tip of the iceberg.