Why I Teach My Students About Scientific Failure
"It's a lesson I wish I'd learned before starting grad school."
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Science: When to Question and when to Trust
Pithy bumper sticker memes can't do justice to the need for understanding and judging scientific studies … especially when, as often, public policy is at play.
The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society
The Societal Territory of Academic Disciplines: How Disciplines Matter to Society
This paper analyses the interrelations between academic disciplines and society beyond academia by the case of sociology in Norway.
Commission Launches Support Platform for Ukrainian Scientists
The European Commission today launched a portal that pulls together information and support services for researchers in Ukraine and those fleeing the Russian invasion of the country, amid calls for coordinated EU action. The portal offers help with finding housing, job opportunities and recognition of education qualifications.
How Hybrid Working Took Hold in Science
Two years since COVID-19 forced labs to shut down, group leaders describe how academic research has changed, perhaps forever.
Taiwan's Pandemic Vice-President - from Lab Bench to Public Office and Back
Academic Freedom on the Decline
The Academic Freedom Index (AFI) 2022 reveals that almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has declined substantially during the past ten years.
The Science World Should Keep Talking to Russia
"We respect Ukrainian statehood … and we treat the European choice of our neighbours with understanding." So said some 650 Russian scientists and science journalists in an open letter last week criticising Moscow's onslaught against Ukraine.
Afghanistan's Academics Despair Months After Taliban Takeover
Research has stalled, funds have evaporated and many scientists are still struggling to get out.
The Year's Top 10 Science Stories, Chosen by Scientists
Billionaires in space, an end-date for deforestation, facing up to racial bias in healthcare - we asked scientists to share the most important developments of 2021.
The Science News That Shaped 2021: Nature's Picks
From Omicron to a Mars helicopter to an Alzheimer's firestorm, our news editors choose the defining moments in science and research this year.
AI Mathematician and a Planetary Diet - the Week in Infographics
Nature highlights three key infographics from the week in science and research.
Potentially Long-Lasting Effects of the Pandemic on Scientists
The pandemic has caused disruption to many aspects of scientific research. In this Comment the authors describe the findings from surveys of scientists between April 2020 and January 2021, which suggests there was a decline in new projects started in that time.
One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science
A new history of the race to decipher DNA reveals Shakespearean plots of scheming.
Vanishing Rainforest and How to Catalogue Brain Cells - the Week in Infographics
COVID's Lessons for Climate, Sustainability and More from Our World in Data
COVID's Lessons for Climate, Sustainability and More from Our World in Data
International agencies need the mandate, funds and expertise to connect information - otherwise pandemics, hunger and unsustainability will go unsolved.
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