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The Scientist Who's Been Right About Covid-19 Vaccines Predicts What's Next
Hilda Bastian on the most important pandemic vaccine in the pipeline and why we're on track for annual booster shots.
What Darwin's 'Descent of Man' Got Wrong on Sex and Race - and Why It Matters
The authors of a book marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "Descent of Man" discuss "a most interesting problem" - namely how the naturalist's fundamental misconceptions on sex and race still shape society.
Vaccine Scepticism is As Old As Vaccines Themselves. Here's How to Tackle It
Vaccine Scepticism is As Old As Vaccines Themselves. Here's How to Tackle It
A joined-up approach is needed to make sure the public are given clear, correct information, says healthcare historian Sally Frampton
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
To Stop Climate Disaster, Make Ecocide an International Crime. It's the Only Way
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can't wait.
Perseverance's Eyes See a Different Mars
The Red Planet's red looks different to an Earthling than it would to a Martian-or to a robot with hyperspectral cameras for eyes.
Science Journalism Master Class Now Available
The first of "The Open Notebooks" Science Journalism Master Classes, "How to Find an Angle for Any Science Story," launches. The free, hands-on classes are designed to help science writers at all levels of experience sharpen their skills.
The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals
The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals
For many years and increasingly in the last year, the JAMA Network journals have published many important articles addressing disparities and racism in medical education, research, and health care and highlighting initiatives to help address deep-rooted inequities.
Early-Career Advisory Group: Applications Open for Candidates to Join in 2021
Early-Career Advisory Group: Applications Open for Candidates to Join in 2021
The Early-Career Advisory Group is looking for five early-career researchers to join our advisory group and help us realise our mission to transform research communication.
Israel, Switzerland and UK to Join Horizon Europe by End of Year
The UK's association to Horizon Europe has been agreed "in principle" and awaits Parliament's scrutiny, while agreements with Israel and Switzerland could be finalised by the end of the year.
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
OPERAS-P, an H2020 project coordinated by CNRS, is organising a workshop Future of scholarly communication, which will be dedicated to discussing the outcomes of the research undertaken in the project's Work Package 6 (Innovation).
Race on Campus: Why Faculty Diversity Remains Largely a Zero-Sum Game
Race on Campus: Why Faculty Diversity Remains Largely a Zero-Sum Game
Without more people of color pursuing doctoral degrees, the talent pool will stay predominantly white.
Is Preprint the Future of Science? A Thirty Year Journey of Online Preprint Services
Is Preprint the Future of Science? A Thirty Year Journey of Online Preprint Services
Preprints make scholarly communication more efficient by disseminating scientific discoveries more rapidly. The measurements presented in this study can help researchers and policymakers make informed decisions about how to effectively use and responsibly embrace a preprint culture.
Drug Companies Look to AI to End 'Hit and Miss' Research
Technology that speeded the development of Covid vaccines has potential to transform the pharmaceutical industry.
Science Needs a Radical Overhaul
Illusions of discovery are holding science back. But even if we wanted to do the right thing and evaluate scientific papers based on their quality, regardless of how flashy and exciting the claims of discovery may be, it’s not clear how we’d do that.
Preprints in Motion: Tracking Changes Between Posting and Journal Publication
Preprints in Motion: Tracking Changes Between Posting and Journal Publication
Study utilised a combination of automatic and manual annotations to quantify how an article from early 2020 changed between the preprinted and published version.
Bibliometrics in Academic Recruitment: A Screening Tool Rather Than a Game Changer
Bibliometrics in Academic Recruitment: A Screening Tool Rather Than a Game Changer
Paper concludes that metrics were applied chiefly as a screening tool to decrease the number of eligible candidates and not as a replacement for peer review.
HHMI Commits $30 Million to Increase Diversity in Science with 21 Hanna Gray Fellows
HHMI Commits $30 Million to Increase Diversity in Science with 21 Hanna Gray Fellows
HHMI announces the selection of 21 exceptional early career scientists as 2020 Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in biomedical research. The 2022 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition will open later this year.
Persistent Identifiers Connect a Scholarly Record with Many Versions
In the past few months, we've seen large commercial publishers express renewed concern that sharing author manuscripts in open repositories threatens the scholarly record because multiple versions undermine the "version of record". However, establishing and maintaining relationships to other versions of articles or research assets has already been shown to be successful in disciplinary and scholarly communities.
When More is More: Broad Calls for Multilingualism and Evaluation Reform
When More is More: Broad Calls for Multilingualism and Evaluation Reform
In recent years, numerous initiatives have highlighted linguistic biases embedded in current evaluation processes and have called for change. The DORA-hosted community discussion on multilingualism in scholarly evaluation was inspired by actions others have taken to address these issues.
Widely Shared Vitamin D-COVID-19 Preprint Removed from Lancet Server
A preprint promoted by a member of the UK Parliament for claiming to show that vitamin D led to an “80% reduction in need for ICU and a 60% reduction in deaths” has been removed from a server used by The Lancet family of journals.
We Need a Global Science Panel on Chemicals and Waste
Chemical pollution is a global threat that demands for global action, says Zhanyun Wang. An interface body similar to the IPCC could help bridge the gap between science and policy.
The Coronavirus is Here to Stay - Here's What That Means
A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time.
Explaining the Rights Retention Strategy
Unpacking each word -- rights, retention, and strategy -- enables understanding what this policy is and how it functions within the Plan S compliance framework.
A Year of Virtual Science Conferences: How Are You Managing?
Nature is polling readers about the move to online meetings during the COVID pandemic.
The Myth of 'Good Covid Vaccines' and 'Bad Covid Vaccines'
Experts fear false narratives about vaccines could slow down the task of inoculating people and create other problems in the future.