Social norms as solutions
Climate change, biodiversity loss, antibiotic resistance, and other global challenges pose major collective action problems: A group benefits from a certain action, but no individual has sufficient incentive to act alone.
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Where Nobel winners get their start
Undergraduates from small, elite institutions have the best chance of winning a Nobel prize.
The Many Shades of European Postdoc Funding
A new report sheds light on the varied funding schemes available for postdocs in Europe
Curation is under-resourced
Curation is under-resourced
Science funders and researchers need to recognize the time, resources and effort required to curate open data.
One reason so many scientific studies may be wrong
P hacking is manipulating data and research methods to achieve statistical signifiance. And it could be why so many research papers are false.
Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry
What machine learning could do, and barriers to its use, with global pharmaceutical companies, sector associations, regulators, start-ups and SMEs.
World's smallest gadgets bag Nobel
Laureates developed basic building blocks for molecular machines
Can we Open the Black Box of AI?
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But before scientists trust it, they first need to understand how machines learn.
Suggesting a truer measure of academic impact
Chris Carroll argues that the impact of an academic research paper might be better measured by counting the number of times it is cited within citing publications rather than by simply measuring if it has been cited or not.
Science on GitHub
Science on GitHub
Scientists are turning to a software–development site to share data and code.
The Artificial Intelligence that reads science
Iris is an Artificial Intelligence that starts out as a Science Assistant; helping you find the science you need. Over time she will learn, slowly but surely becoming a Scientist herself.
Science advisers need to explain the evidence
People no longer take science advice on trust, and science advisers need to provide evidence for their recommendations, according to Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation.
Corporate culture has no place in academia
‘Academic capitalism’ contributed to the mishandling of the Macchiarini case by officials at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, argues Olof Hallonsten.
Trio snare physics Nobel for describing exotic states of matter
With advanced math, the laureates helped understand unusual phases of matter such as superconductors, superfluids, and thin magnetic fields.
A statement about data
A statement about data
Nature Physics now requires its published papers to include information on whether and how their underlying data are accessible to others.
Thinking of crowdfunding your science?
Upbeat presentation and right-sized asks appear to improve chance of success
Women postdocs less likely than men to get a glowing reference
Women and men applying for geoscience postdocs receive very different letters of support from their mentors.
Anonymous Internet Vigilantes Are Taking it Into Their Own Hands
PubPeer users went from discussing papers to hunting down fraud—and have embroiled the site in the most important internet privacy case you've never heard of.
Single-blind vs Double-blind Peer Review in the Setting of Author Prestige
Single-blind vs Double-blind Peer Review in the Setting of Author Prestige
This study investigates whether bias with single-blind review is greatest in a setting of author or institutional prestige.
Nobel honors discoveries on how cells eat themselves
Cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi becomes sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Phsyiology or Medicine for his work on autophagy
A new addictive game for researchers?
Academic social networks may get users hooked on them, like addicted academics, transforming what should only be a means into an end in itself.
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