Marie Curie was born 150 years ago and is still the only female scientist many people can name.

By engaging in efforts to help normalize pregnancy, lactation, and child care, we can come closer to creating a culture of equity and inclusion that benefits everyone.

The publishing system builds in resistance to replication. Paul Gertler, Sebastian Galiani and Mauricio Romero surveyed economics journals to find out how to fix it.

The concept of research excellence is ubiquitous, but its meaning depends on context.

Blockchain offers a route to a true scholarly commons.

There is a significant discrepancy between the reality of academic publishing and the optimism of politicians and science functionaries who praise Open Access as a panacea for all the ills afflicting science culture.

Although the #MeToo movement does not give a complete picture of how the problem manifests in working life and other environments, this author believes that it can have a preventive effect in some cases.

If clinicians are expected to change their practice based on their reading of medical journals, they need to know that the evidence in published papers can be verified.

Chinese investment is paying off with serious advances in biotech, computing and space. Are they edging ahead of the west?

It’s wreaking havoc in universities and jeopardizing the progress of research.

Because Trump has not nominated someone to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios is the de facto leader.

I was told impact metrics could make or break careers. Instead, they broke my faith in scientific research.

Last summer we launched our interactive figures initiative with plotly. Since then, we have published 22 interactives figures in seven articles across two platforms. In this post authors describe their figures and share why they wanted to make them interactive.

What two Times journalists learned from trying to quote more female experts.

The U.S. government does not consider sexual harassment a form of scientific misconduct. Should it?

Research into jobs finds men's dominance in IT and biotech is reversing the trend towards equality.

Many doctoral curricula aim to produce narrowly focused researchers rather than critical thinkers. That can and must change, says Gundula Bosch.

Climate skeptics, conspiracy theorists, and the anti-immunization movement are on the rise. At the same time, fraudulent research and issues with the replicability of scientific results prompt the question if science is still a reliable source for political decision-making.

Societal impact should be rated more highly in scientific publishing and research evaluation. To this end, we suggest that ways to achieve it should be introduced as an important component of curricula at higher-education institutions.

The unsustainable nature of the digital data landscape, the quality and credibility of the data themselves, and how data sources currently represent only privileged individuals, are challenges that can be overcome, but to do so requires significant investment in key data governance priorities.

New LERU report makes recommendations on the many ways in which gender bias can be avoided.

The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.

Why do we forget so much of what we read? Anthropologist Barbara J. King suggests that the answer might point toward benefits of a slower pace of teaching in the college classroom.

A Ph.D. candidate describes the costs of doing service as a graduate student of color.

A discussion about the role and concerns of graduate students and postdocs in peer review.

Five years ago, the Declaration on Research Assessment was a rallying point. DORA’s job now is to accelerate the change it called for.

Eroding trust in regulatory agencies will not improve democratic accountability, warns Bernhard Url.

“Not being able to sprint makes me a better endurance runner.”

If you want to explore things you haven’t explored, having people who look just like you and think just like you is not the best way. We must see the forest, thinks Scott Page collegiate professor of complex systems, and author of the book  book "The Diversity Bonus".

For the first 2 years of my Ph.D. program, my primary adviser was always available when I needed help, promptly responding to emails and meeting with me when questions arose. But that abruptly changed when he went on sabbatical and left the country.