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The scientific enterprise has long been driven by strong-minded people. Institutions, funding and recognition are still organized around the idea that competition among individuals in a…

On September 19, 1982, Carnegie Mellon University computer science research assistant professor Scott Fahlman posted a message to the university’s bulletin board software that would later…

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility,…

Smoking cigarettes is one of the worst things you can do for your health, fueling a trend of comparing anything that could potentially be unhealthy to…

At the US Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say proposed cuts will gut research. Credit: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via GettyFor 30 years, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

The Chinese government will boost support for the development of advanced semiconductor technologies. Credit: Zhu Haipeng/VCG/GettyChina’s top leaders convened in Beijing this week for a high-level…

AI’s inclination to be helpful affects many of the tasks that researchers use LLMs for.Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/GettyArtificial intelligence (AI) models are 50% more sycophantic than humans,…

Julie Gould 00:10Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould.This is the sixth and final episode of the career planning series,…

The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize for Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to three researchers who have shown how technological and scientific…

Julie Gould 00:01 Hello and welcome to Working Scientist, a Nature Careers podcast. I’m Julie Gould. This is the fifth episode of our career planning series.…