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The biggest reason for biomedical research retractions

Detection software is not enough.

Gemma Conroy | 18 October 2019

Russian science stays at home

Out of step with international norms. 

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 10 October 2019

Personal biases speed up research publication

Megajournal editors under the microscope.

Gemma Conroy | 8 October 2019
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Comment

What’s lost when research is driven primarily by funding

Productivity-oriented “science on demand” leads to caution and conformity.

Stephen Turner & Daryl Chubin | 16 October 2019

Why don’t more women win science Nobels?

Barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.

Mary K. Feeney | 16 October 2019
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Rankings

These 5 EU countries are the UK’s top research partners

Brexit stakes.

Gemma Conroy | 15 October 2019

The top subjects in the top 5 countries in the Nature Index

Playing to their strengths. 

Gemma Conroy | 8 October 2019
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Q&A

Q&A Kevin Burgio: 10 rules for a successful remote postdoc

How to build productive long-distance relationships.

Gemma Conroy | 11 October 2019

How researchers can improve the quality of systematic reviews

A guideline to boost transparency is being updated.

Jon Brock | 24 September 2019
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Dataviz

This graphic shows India’s population overtaking China

Visualizing what growth looks like.

Gemma Conroy | 8 October 2019

These mind-bending visualizations show nature in motion

Capturing movement on a grand scale.

Gemma Conroy | 1 October 2019
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Nature Index 360°

Out of date before it's published

Zika provides a vision for how to keep pace with a fast-moving research field.

Jon Brock | 30 July 2019

Career mobility: Researchers change places to progress

Moving countries to further a career in science has its benefits, but it isn’t an option for everyone.

Smriti Mallapaty (Data analysis by Rodrigo Costas Comesana) | 1 April 2019
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Technology

A “petting zoo for code” makes studies easier to reproduce

A new tool helps users to compose, compute and publish reproducible articles.

Jeffrey M. Perkel | 18 June 2019

Drawing on experience to help scientists tell their stories

The BioRender web tool lets researchers easily create sophisticated scientific illustrations.

Jeffrey M. Perkel | 19 March 2019
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