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A preregistered survey experiment spanning six disciplines has found weak evidence of bias in favour of authors from high-status countries and institutions.

Challenging anyone who spreads falsehoods is an important part of respecting the truth in both science and the wider world.

The ASAP initiative promotes open and collaborative practices, and works with other foundations and projects in an effort to understand the mechanisms responsible for the onset and progression of Parkinson's.

Hypothetical battles between animals can be used to interest the general public in biology.

The number of articles containing non-inclusive terms such as "blacklist" and "whitelist" are increasing in the life sciences literature.

Grant applications submitted to the NIH by African-American/Black PIs are less likely to be funded than applications from white PIs, and the NIH must find a solution that eliminates this racial disparity.

Increasing validity should be a priority when deciding which preclinical experiments to replicate and when performing replications.

A study of more than 75,000 grant proposals to the European Union indicates that the outcomes of the peer review process remain stable in response to changes in the way that peer review is organized.

Job insecurity is putting stress on early-career researchers in Australia, compromising their career development and potentially reducing the quality of research.

A survey of journals and editors in five areas of research - ecology, economics, medicine, physics and psychology - reveals a range of differences in their approach to peer review.