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Correspondence |
Mastodon: a move to publicly owned scholarly knowledge
- Björn Brembs
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Correspondence |
Scientists — counter lobbyists to shape environment policy
- Ralf Buckley
- & Aila Keto
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Correspondence |
Arctic science: resume collaborations with Russian scholars
- Gareth Rees
- , Ulf Büntgen
- & Nils C. Stenseth
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News |
Climate-change content shrinks in US university textbooks
Sections on climate change have become shorter and moved farther back in biology textbooks since the 2000s.
- McKenzie Prillaman
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News |
Brain stimulation boosts hearing in rats with ear implants
Study identifies neurons that can improve sound perception, which could explain the variation in performance in people with cochlear devices.
- Miryam Naddaf
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News Feature |
Twitter changed science — what happens now it’s in turmoil?
The microblogging platform has transformed research communication, but its future is in doubt.
- Chris Stokel-Walker
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Career Column |
Keep talking to make fieldwork a true team effort
Communication is important across science, but special steps are needed when taking part in research away from the lab, says Anna Osiecka.
- Anna Osiecka
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Nature Careers Podcast |
Moving labs, moving countries: how to get both right
Three researchers outline the pros and cons of moving abroad for work or study.
- Adam Levy
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World View |
How scientists can inform policy decisions
You might know what policymakers should know. That doesn’t mean you know how to help them to use that information.
- Dewey Murdick
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Technology Feature |
Could AI help you to write your next paper?
Large language models can draft abstracts or suggest research directions, but these artificial-intelligence tools are a work in progress.
- Matthew Hutson
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Career News |
Getting the job: it’s not just who you know, but how you know them
People are more likely to land high-paying jobs through friends of friends than through their close friends or family, study finds.
- Linda Nordling
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Career Column |
How to gain a competitive edge in grant writing
Examining funded proposals enables grant writers to produce more compelling proposals, say Orit Rapaport, Justin Crest and Crystal Botham.
- Orit Rapaport
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Career Column |
How vlogging with my students enriched our science
Shooting video clips has fostered collaborations and showcased my students’ strengths in making science accessible.
- Nan Hu
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Editorial |
Zero tolerance for threats against scientists
Too often, researchers who share their expertise on contentious topics such as COVID-19 are subjected to abuse. Their institutions must step in to defend and protect them.
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Career Feature |
Online harassment: a toolkit for protecting yourself from abuse
Scientists can take practical steps to prevent or pre-empt problems on social media.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Nature Index |
Why I wrote a children’s book about nanoscience
Inspiring the next generation can help to tackle nano-phobia.
- Jess Wade
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Career Column |
Teaching a difficult subject? Try gamifying your class
Statistics isn’t a game, but teaching it can be. Mai P. Trinh explains how she uses video-game elements to reach her master’s students.
- Mai P. Trinh
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Correspondence |
Misinformation: broaden definition to curb its societal influence
- Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg
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Career Column |
Science communication with a French twist
Sarah Gagliano Taliun’s mother tongue is English, science’s lingua franca. Her move to a French-speaking university presented challenges and opportunities.
- Sarah Gagliano Taliun
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Article
| Open AccessCommunicating doctors’ consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations
Correcting public misperceptions about the views of doctors on the COVID-19 vaccines can have lasting impacts on public uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Vojtěch Bartoš
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Correspondence |
Arctic science diplomacy maintains Russia co-operation
- Paul Arthur Berkman
- , Jenny Baeseman
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News & Views |
From the archive: Einstein’s ideas, and a telegraph pioneer
Snippets from Nature’s past.
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Career News |
Webcast: How art and design can showcase your science
Three experts explain how to use design principles to better communicate scientific data.
- Jack Leeming
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World View |
Social-media reform is flying blind
Redesigning social media to improve society requires a new platform for research.
- Chris Bail
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Career Column |
The marine biologist whose photography pastime became a profession
Alexander Semenov’s foray into science communication began with amateur photography at a remote research station. His career change has brought him to unvisited dive sites and in direct contact with the public and press.
- Alexander Semenov
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News Feature |
Lessons from the COVID data wizards
Data dashboards have been an important part of pandemic response and planning. What have their developers learnt about communicating science in a crisis?
- Lynne Peeples
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Correspondence |
Liberal-arts education helps scientists think and communicate
- Scott M. Williams
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Career Feature |
African scientists engage with the public to tackle local challenges
Science-engagement initiatives in Africa disseminate knowledge and bridge the gap between research and the continent’s people.
- Abdullahi Tsanni
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Career Column |
Broaden your scientific audience with video animation
Academic writing can go only so far. Use video and animations in plain language to explain why your research matters, says Alvina Lai.
- Alvina Lai
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Nature Podcast |
The Nature Podcast annual holiday spectacular
Games, seasonal science songs, and Nature’s 10.
- Benjamin Thompson
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News |
The science news that shaped 2021: Nature’s picks
From Omicron to a Mars helicopter to an Alzheimer’s firestorm, our news editors choose the defining moments in science and research this year.
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News & Views |
From the archive
Nature’s pages feature a look at early postal services and consider changes in mathematical thought over time.
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Career Q&A |
When Finnish researchers took on the Twitter trolls
A nation’s scientists took to social media in response to criticism of their research, with surprising results. Sami Syrjämäki describes what happened.
- Jacqui Thornton
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World View |
Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine
From climate to COVID, naivety about how science is hijacked promotes more of the same.
- Cecília Tomori
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Career Column |
Tips for collaborating with scientists, from a philosopher
Make language inclusive and agree on your aims in advance.
- Michael Paul Nelson
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News |
Climate change, science and COP26: have your say
As countries prepare to negotiate over climate action at the COP26 summit, Nature takes readers’ temperature and questions.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Technology Feature |
Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness
Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and textures carefully.
- Alla Katsnelson
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African languages to get more bespoke scientific terms
Many words common to science have never been written in African languages. Now, researchers from across Africa are changing that.
- Sarah Wild
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Correspondence |
Richly resourced researchers: work with developing-world scientists
- Brady Lund
- & Amrollah Shamsi