why a high publication rate doesn’t always reflect success
Israel Sebastian / Getty ‘Publish or perish’ is a common mantra in academia. By that metric, I definitely…
five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
In the early 1980s, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as “a bicycle for our minds”. He…
What’s the best way to change research fields? These three scientists have ideas
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A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
A decade ago, we and others launched a tool for clarifying the roles of each author of a…
record, share and value it
From short scripts to vast simulations of Earth’s climate, protein structures or even the cosmos, it is hard…
should research on mirror-image molecular biology be stopped?
In theory, all biological structures, functions and even organisms could be recreated in their mirror image, leading to…