Recent advances in technology now make it possible to carry out biomedical research on animals living in the wild, or captive animals living in naturalistic conditions.

The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.

A cross-campus, cross-career stage and cross-disciplinary series of discussions at a large public university has produced a series of recommendations for addressing the problems confronting the biomedical research community in the US.

A text-mining study suggests that about half of the papers reporting the results of experiments on mice do not report the sex and age of the mice.

Staff from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the US describe recent improvements to the PubMed search engine and outline plans for the future, including a new experimental site called PubMed Labs.

Researchers are undertaking a systematic assessment of the reproducibility of biomedical science in Brazil.

Wikidata is continuously-updated resource that could improve the efficiency and accuracy of research in many areas of the life and biomedical sciences.

Strategies to improve public trust in biomedical research are being hindered by a scientific mindset that stifles interest in reform.

Analysis of data on drug-gene interactions suggests that decentralized collaboration will increase the robustness of scientific findings in biomedical research.