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Sleuths and scientific institutions are not rivals

You have full access to this article via your institution. By working together, research institutions and science sleuths can boost

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Meet the early career scientists planning to leave the United States

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I won three competitive grants in a row. Here’s how I learnt what to do

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Solving aviation’s climate-action conundrum

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five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts

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Why the global economy is more uncertain than ever, and what to do about it

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Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review

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Lab drowning in paperwork? Hire an in-house writer

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China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control

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Academic language has become a proxy for European culture wars

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