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San Quentin prison is dealing with the third-largest coronavirus outbreak in the United States: researchers fear that other prisons are at risk.
A research institute that appointed Pier Paolo Pandolfi as its scientific director has reversed its decision after internal protests.
If your lab is still shuttered and work is a struggle, technology researcher Sun Sun Lim offers advice on how to switch off.
Panellists offer advice on productivity, parenting under lockdown and mental well-being, with more webcasts planned.
Three studies showing large DNA deletions and reshuffling heighten safety concerns about heritable genome editing.
The agency has outlined actions it may take to deal with bullies and harassers, but it still relies on universities to report bad behaviour.
Pandemic politics highlight how predictions need to be transparent and humble to invite insight, not blame.
Frustrated and exhausted by systemic racism in the science community, Black researchers outline steps for action.
More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models.
Nature asked authors and editors for advice on how to improve peer-review communication.
In a large trial, a cheap and widely available steroid cut deaths by one-third among patients critically ill with COVID-19.
Nature commits to working to end anti-Black practices in research.
Academics and some scientific organizations will stop research activities on 10 June to reflect and take action on systemic inequalities in science.
What was the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions at the outset of the pandemic?
As marchers in the United States and around the world filled the streets this past week to protest against police brutality and racial injustice, Black scientists grieved openly on social media, calling for action on racism in society and in science.
The push for rapid and open publishing could take off - although financial pressures lie ahead: part 4 in a series on science after the pandemic.
The platform evaluates these journals’ peer-review procedures and invites journal editors to provide such information for inclusion in the database.
Virtual meetings are becoming the norm under COVID-19 and winning over many researchers: part 3 in a series on science after the pandemic.
With student enrolment projected to fall, some US and UK institutions have halted recruitment.
Financial crises could spell trouble for science budgets but spending could surge in some countries. Series investigates science after the pandemic.
How virtual classrooms and dire finances could alter academia: the first chapter in a week-long series on science after the pandemic.
Early analyses suggest that female academics are posting fewer preprints and starting fewer research projects than their male peers.
If President Trump sidelines the World Health Organization, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and resurgence of deadly diseases.
