Publishing
Mirror publisher warns Facebook poses ‘potent threat to civil society’
Business
The publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers has warned that Facebook poses a “potent threat to civil society”, despite having the ...
Encyclopedia Britannica plots $1bn stock market listing
Business
Encyclopædia Britannica is preparing to join the US stock market with a hoped-for $1bn (£850m) valuation. The publisher behind the centuries-old encyclopædia ...
More than 2 million research papers have disappeared from the Internet
Science
A study identified more than two million articles that did not appear in a major digital archive, despite having an active DOI.Credit: ...
‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race
Health
Geneticists have become concerned about how the research they publish could be interpreted incorrectly by the public.Credit: Tek Image/Science Photo Library Some ...
How journals are fighting back against a wave of questionable images
Science
Journals are making an effort to detect manipulated images of the gels used to analyse proteins and DNA.Credit: Shutterstock It seems that ...
The open-science movement for sharing laboratory materials gains momentum
Science
More practitioners are needed to support the open-science movement to disseminate materials such as bacterial DNA plasmids.Credit: Daniela Beckmann/Science Photo Library Lenny ...
how 100 years have shaped science
Science
A century after the invention of bakelite (widely used to make early phones), talks are under way to agree on a treaty ...
Awe-inspiring microscopic world hidden on the surface an autumn leaf wins top prize at the Royal Society Publishing photo competition 2023
Science
These are the awe-inspiring pictures that wowed the Royal Society’s Publishing Photography Competitition’s judged – with the winner going to a close-up ...
Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science?
Science
During the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020, testing kits for the viral infection were scant in some countries. So the idea of ...
