The sci-fi films that physicists love to watch — from Interstellar to Spider-Man
Nature has interviewed a multitude of physicists this year in celebration of the 100th birthday of quantum mechanics.…
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. She worked at Roskilde University in Denmark…
palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds
Credit: Katja Heinemann/Aurora/Cavan/Alamy Mark Norell, whose discoveries helped to demonstrate that birds are living dinosaurs, has died aged…
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t
Too many papers, too little time.Credit: Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty The challenge of staying up to date with the scientific…
Want to do disruptive science? Include more rookie researchers
Collaborations with a higher proportion of unpublished researchers can yield papers that present groundbreaking ideas.Credit: Stígur Már Karlsson/Heimsmyndir…
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…
How should ‘mirror life’ research be restricted? Debate heats up
Some researchers are developing biological systems that create mirror-image versions of DNA and other molecules crucial to life.Credit:…
how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Nyssa Silbiger still recalls the rude remark that reviewer three made in 2014 about her first paper describing…
Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network
Paper mills often produce papers with fabricated data or sell authorships to researchers.Credit: Lane Erickson/Alamy An investigation has…