- November 24, 2025
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 research paper.
how researchers harness pee and poo for science
As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
Fifteen years ago, my friend and mentor, climate scientist Stephen Schneider, said something that has stuck with me. When it
The future of AI
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Chinese researchers reveal unexplored section of mysterious Arctic Ocean ridge
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean.Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe Research Team Chinese
DNA pioneer James Watson has died ― colleagues wrestle with his legacy
Watson shared in the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in elucidating the structure of DNA.
inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry
In her work for the documentary Shadow Scholars, Patricia Kingori visited Kenya to meet academic ghostwriters.Credit: Anna Patarakina Four years
Francis Crick beyond the double helix
Francis Crick served in the British Admiralty and conducted research into naval mines.Credit: GL Archive/Alamy Crick: A Mind in Motion
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Llama 3 is a large language model owned by tech firm Meta.Credit: MauriceNorbert/Alamy Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are worse at
Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
When Robert Hooke gazed through his microscope at a slice of cork and coined the term ‘cell’ in 1665, he