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US halts funding to controversial virus-hunting group: what researchers think
Some scientists think the decision regarding EcoHealth Alliance is fair; others say it might negatively affect virus surveillance.
- Mariana Lenharo
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Career Feature |
I’m worried I’ve been contacted by a predatory publisher — how do I find out?
Researchers frequently receive invitations to publish in journals that they might not have heard of. Nature asked two scientists how they would check whether a publication is legitimate.
- Nikki Forrester
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Correspondence |
Standardized metadata for biological samples could unlock the potential of collections
- Vojtěch Brlík
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Correspondence |
Real-world plastic-waste success stories can help to boost global treaty
- Haoxuan Yu
- & Izni Zahidi
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News & Views |
Balls of lightning and flames from the sky: can science explain?
A book cataloguing mysterious events challenges scientists to provide some answers, and Charles Darwin continues his investigations of crimes against primroses, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
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Editorial |
A DARPA-like agency could boost EU innovation — but cannot come at the expense of existing schemes
If Europe wants to create a high-risk, high-reward research body, it needs grass-roots backing.
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Where I Work |
Why my heart beats for Nigeria’s endangered bats
Iroro Tanshi works to better understand a number of threatened species.
- Linda Nordling
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Decent work for all: why multinationals need a helping hand
Moses Ngoze explains why the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in Africa are key to achieving global economic growth.
- Dom Byrne
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US TikTok ban: how the looming restriction is affecting scientists on the app
Nature talks to researchers about what is at stake if users in the country lose access.
- Ariana Remmel
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Career Feature |
Illuminating ‘the ugly side of science’: fresh incentives for reporting negative results
New data repositories and alternative journals and workshops offer routes for sharing negative results — which could help to solve the reproducibility crisis and give machine learning a boost.
- Rachel Brazil
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Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages
Some professors and staff members have been on strike for as long as four weeks as they seek better conditions at their institutions.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Career Feature |
How I fled bombed Aleppo to continue my career in science
Aref Kyyaly’s quest to find a safe place, away from Syria, to do research taught him perseverance. Don’t give up, is his advice.
- Benjamin Plackett
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World View |
Expat grants won’t fix Brazilian research
Permanent jobs and fairer hiring practices would encourage overseas scientists to return.
- Juliano Morimoto
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Correspondence |
Beware of graphene’s huge and hidden environmental costs
- Shijie Guo
- , Zihan Cai
- & Qingyuan Ding
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Correspondence |
Countering extreme wildfires with prescribed burning can be counterproductive
- David Lindenmayer
- & Philip Zylstra
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US funders to tighten oversight of controversial ‘gain of function’ research
New policy on high-risk biology studies aims to address criticism that previous rules were too vague.
- Max Kozlov
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Nature Careers Podcast |
How artificial intelligence is helping Ghana plan for a renewable energy future
The technology is helping the West African nation to invest wisely in infrastructure, prioritising energy and food security, but also human health.
- Dom Byrne
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Argentina’s pioneering nuclear research threatened by huge budget cuts
President Javier Milei is making moves to partially privatize the sector, but in the meantime, projects have paused.
- Martín De Ambrosio
- & Fermín Koop
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Where I Work |
I make 3D models of conifer needles to explore their climate effects
Jan Pisek seeks a better understanding of how forests absorb sunlight, carbon and heat.
- Nic Fleming
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France’s research mega-campus faces leadership crisis
The contest to elect the next president of Paris-Saclay University has collapsed, reflecting wider issues at the giant research centre.
- Barbara Casassus
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Career Feature |
Hunger on campus: why US PhD students are fighting over food
Graduate students are relying on donated and discounted food in the struggle to make ends meet.
- Laurie Udesky
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Book Review |
Smarty plants? Controversial plant-intelligence studies explored in new book
A deep dive into plant behaviour and consciousness asks why the topic has been taboo for so long, and whether botanists are changing their minds about plants’ cognitive abilities.
- Beronda L. Montgomery
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Mount Etna’s spectacular smoke rings and more — April’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
- Emma Stoye
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Career Feature |
My PI yelled at me and I’m devastated. What do I do?
It can be hard when junior scientists feel unsupported. Nature asked three scientists for their advice on how to respond.
- Nikki Forrester
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Career News |
US National Academies report outlines barriers and solutions for scientist carers
Carers need better support from employers, such as paid parental leave, subsidized childcare and relief for other types of caregiving. But is there will among institutions to provide it?
- Amanda Heidt
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Nature Index |
Plagiarism in peer-review reports could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’
Researchers say swathe of copied text could indicate a widespread problem.
- Jackson Ryan
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Editorial |
Why it’s essential to study sex and gender, even as tensions rise
Some scholars are reluctant to research sex and gender out of fear that their studies will be misused. In a series of specially commissioned articles, Nature encourages scientists to engage.
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Nature Podcast |
Sex and gender discussions don't need to be toxic
The science of sex and gender is too often misinterpreted and weaponized. Now, three experts cut through the misinformation in search of a positive future for this long-neglected area of research
- Lucy Odling-Smee
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Spotlight |
How I’m supporting other researchers who have moved to Lithuania
Biochemist Stephen Knox Jones chose a role in the Baltic country over other faculty positions in Denmark and the United States. He explains why.
- Jacqui Thornton
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Spotlight |
How bioinformatics led one scientist home to Lithuania
Juozas Gordevičius founded a data-science company in the United States before returning to Vilnius.
- Jacqui Thornton
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Editorial |
Support communities that will lose out in the energy transition
Climate campaigners and politicians rightly concentrate on the benefits of clean energy — but without more support for those who are adversely affected, the backlash will only grow.
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Spotlight |
I fell out of love with the lab, and in love with business
The COVID-19 pandemic changed Karolina Makovskytė’s career ambitions, propelling her to a business development role in her home nation of Lithuania.
- Jacqui Thornton
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World View |
How to meet Africa’s grand challenges with African know-how
Simple measures to strengthen the interface between science, policy and society in African nations could help the continent leapfrog others in sustainable innovation and development.
- Alfred R. Bizoza
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Spotlight |
A snapshot of Lithuania’s life-sciences landscape
Nature examines the Baltic country’s research ambitions as it marks 20 years of European Union membership.
- Jacqui Thornton
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Correspondence |
Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets
- William R. L. Anderegg
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News & Views |
How to stop students cramming for exams? Send them to sea
An innovative proposal to stop exam over-preparation, plus William Bateson’s 1924 take on the previous century of biology, in the weekly dip into Nature’s archive.
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World View |
Why doing social science research is difficult in India today
With an election under way, the future of Indian science is on the ballot. Encouraging research and critical thinking should be a priority for the new government.
- Yamini Aiyar
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This social sciences hub galvanized India’s dynamic growth. Can it survive?
The Centre for Policy Research has lost its chief executive, most of its staff and is running out of cash.
- Michele Catanzaro
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How reliable is this research? Tool flags papers discussed on PubPeer
Browser plug-in alerts users when studies — or their references — have been posted on a site known for raising integrity concerns.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Career Feature |
Want to make a difference? Try working at an environmental non-profit organization
Moving to non-profit work requires researchers to shift their mindset to focus on applied science for policymaking and conservation practice.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Future of Humanity Institute shuts: what’s next for ‘deep future’ research?
Researchers from several disciplines hope to predict — and prevent — scenarios that pose risks to humanity.
- David Adam
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Nature Index |
Algorithm ranks peer reviewers by reputation — but critics warn of bias
There are questions about whether the tool, which could be used by editors to find and shortlist peer reviewers, would disadvantage inexperienced candidates or those in certain locations.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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NIH pay rise for postdocs and PhD students could have US ripple effect
Salary increases for the 17,000-plus recipients of an NIH research award could lead to increases in other academic settings.
- Amanda Heidt
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Career Feature |
Scientists urged to collect royalties from the ‘magic money tree’
By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced.
- Oscar Allan
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Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist’s lawsuit against university
Ranga Dias sued his university, in part, for allegedly conducting a biased investigation, which found he had committed extensive scientific misconduct.
- Dan Garisto
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Editorial |
Retractions are part of science, but misconduct isn’t — lessons from a superconductivity lab
Journals, funders and institutions that employ researchers all want to produce or disseminate rigorous scientific knowledge — and all can learn lessons from misconduct cases.
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World View |
Ecologists: don’t lose touch with the joy of fieldwork
Amid the data deluge provided by lab-based techniques, such as environmental-DNA analysis, true connection still comes only in the outdoors.
- Chris Mantegna
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Correspondence |
Chemistry lab destroyed by Taiwan earthquake has physical and mental impacts
- Fun Man Fung
- & Yi-Hsin Liu