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In First for Sitting President, Obama Publishes a Scholarly Article

In First for Sitting President, Obama Publishes a Scholarly Article

Obama Just Did Something No President Has Ever Done: Call him scholar-in-chief

Obama’s top scientist talks shrinking budgets, Donald Trump, and his biggest regret

Obama’s top scientist talks shrinking budgets, Donald Trump, and his biggest regret

John Holdren tells Nature about the highs and lows of nearly eight years in the White House.

100 Examples of President Obama’s Leadership in Science, Technology, and Innovation

100 Examples of President Obama’s Leadership in Science, Technology, and Innovation

“We’ll restore science to its rightful place." President Obama’s Inaugural Address, 2009

Why Academic Leaders Are Afraid of Free Speech

Why Academic Leaders Are Afraid of Free Speech

The coddling of students' minds has resulted in grave restrictions on their peers' First Amendment rights—and university administrators are too fearful to do anything about it.

Postdoc mysteries

Postdoc mysteries

Given the awkwardness of tracking postdocs’ long and irregular work hours and the risk of unpredictable overtime costs, many universities are likely to opt for hiking postdoc salaries to the threshold.

Stability and Longevity in the Publication Careers

Stability and Longevity in the Publication Careers

Since the 1950s, the number of doctorate recipients has risen dramatically in the United States. In this paper, we investigate whether the longevity of doctorate recipients’ publication careers has changed.

Citations Per Dollar as a Measure of Productivity

Citations Per Dollar as a Measure of Productivity

Funding more scientists or more projects increases NIH ability to maximize the number of discoveries as a function of the dollars invested.

New Stanford center for scientific cartography

New Stanford center for scientific cartography

The new David Rumsey Map Center, which opened last week at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, showcases what was once one of the world’s great private map collections—more than 150,000 maps, globes, and cartographic artifacts.

Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives

Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives

Vice President Joe Biden has met with thousands of stakeholders across all sectors, seeking suggestions for how to remove the barriers that are currently blocking progress in science, research, and development.

No deadline, fewer requests

No deadline, fewer requests

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has found a potentially powerful tool to help it tamp down the workload created by some 48,000 grant proposals annually: It can simply eliminate deadlines.