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Accessibility worsens for blind and low-vision readers of academic PDFs
A study finds that many published papers are not accessible to low-vision and blind readers.Credit: Getty Around three…
‘Getting paid to review is justice’: journal pays peer reviewers in cryptocurrency
Nature, Published online: 11 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04027-4 ResearchHub Journal launches latest attempt to compensate referees for their labour.…
Why is there a citations gender gap in Indian materials science?
Shobhana Narasimhan gives a talk in Bengaluru on the topic of women in science.Credit: CreativeMornings Bengaluru The global…
This fearless science sleuth risked her career to expose publication fraud
Early this year, Anna Abalkina found out that her name was on a watch list for Roskomnadzor, a…
Bad bar charts are pervasive across biology
Credit: Getty Bar charts are ubiquitous in the life-science literature, yet a study suggests that they’re often used…
Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars
Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04018-5 Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are…
Where does poetry come from?
Nature, Published online: 03 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03848-7 Surveying poets on the unconscious sources of their verse, and an…
Australia must boost R&D investment to reclaim global research standing
The Apostles, Great Ocean Road, in Victoria, Australia.Credit: The Eternity Photography/Getty Australia’s exit from the Nature Index top…
Top performers hold steady in Australia’s declining research landscape
Between 2022 and 2023, Australia recorded the steepest drop in adjusted Share (9.4%) among the top 20 countries…
Why the word scientist was controversial 100 years ago
Nature, Published online: 26 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03771-x The debate about adopting the term scientist, and musings on how…