Nature’s senior biology reporter Ewen Callaway reflects on today’s prize for optogenetics — which scientists have anticipated for years.

To mark The Nobel Prize week here are some interesting background facts and questions. For more information see: 1) Nobel committees to tackle gender skew by Elizabeth Gibney at https://lnkd.in/e46NaC...

There’s something to the notion that Nobel winners create less thereafter, says scientist Paul Nurse

Three years after being told he has a terminal illness, rugby legend Doddie Weir refuses to give it an inch.

Universities must stop protecting bullies by Morteza Mahmoudi, founder of Academic Parity Movement. See https://lnkd.in/duvDEYCh

From accusations of plagiarism to queries over his charity work, we list all the allegations against the academic

Ten commitments for a bold biotechnology industry by Dr. Jeremy M. Levin. My favorite three commitments are: We will back long-term science with long-term capital (5); We will build companies to outla...

Last update: 18 June 2026 There are more than 168,000 charities in the UK. These charities are monitored by the Charity Commission and range from universities to the British Arts Council to internatio...

Critics say offshore investing by high-minded foundations shores up a nefarious system

Do you remember how a row over scientific fraud at the highest level of British academia led to calls for one of the country’s leading geneticists and highest-paid university chiefs to leave his posts...

Nature has retracted a paper after an investigation at a U.K. institution found the first author — then a doctoral student — manipulated data.  The paper, which looked at the sensitivity of lu…

Nature has retracted a paper after an investigation at a U.K. institution found the first author — then a doctoral student — manipulated data.  The paper, which looked at the sensitivity of lu…

The 21 Group has been receiving complaints about bullying from staff in UK Universities for over a year. One subject stands out as the worst for bullying and harassment. It is cancer research. We are ...

Geneticist J Craig Venter, 79, retired on 29 April 2026. Some articles of interest: 1) Geneticist J. Craig Venter: ‘I consider retirement tantamount to death’ (2023) by Heidi Ledford https://lnkd.in/...

Last updated: 30 January 2025 You hear more about venture capital in the world of finance and investment professionals, but the notion of venture philanthropy has been around for quite some time, too—...

To support women in science, we must reckon with a culture of unconscious bias

ERC President Professor Maria Leptin gave a speech at the Coimbra Group’s 40th anniversary at Bozar, Brussels

On International Women’s Day we sadly need to recognise that some women leaders do not exercise their power to protect a woman whistleblower. Read about how powerful women such as Kate Bingham, Sam Ba...

Your hub for understanding, exposing, and addressing academic abuse. Access data dashboards, read survivor stories, and join the fight for change in higher education.

Last updated: 22 March 2024 This investigative article posits that academia has a five tier caste system with division into hereditary classes based on powers to propagate endemic levels of abuse that...

From 2017: What kind of researcher did sex offender Jeffrey Epstein like to fund? He told Jeffrey Mervis, senior correspondent Science Magazine, before he died. From 2019 Jeffrey Epstein and the Silen...

Ethan Zuckerman announced he was leaving after it was revealed MIT Media Lab director took money from financier

Changing the equation-Securing STEM futures for women by Tiffany Straza for UNESCO. Access the 56 page report at https://lnkd.in/eYRwhdJd. Further links of interest: 1) A review on gender inequality i...

Updated: 24 January 2026 In 2020, the Wellcome Trust published a big research culture survey. The report revealed that nearly two-thirds of researchers (61%) have witnessed bullying or harassment, and...

Five years ago a huge Wellcome Trust survey revealed the pressures of scientists’ lives. As Jeremy Farrar has moved on to the WHO, I would love to hear John-Arne Røttingen’s plans for reimagining rese...

Bullied in science: Morteza Mahmoudi quit his job and launched Academic Parity Movement to bring an end to bullying and harassment in academia. In 2023, Academic Parity received 832 requests for help....

Last updated: 23 January 2026 This perspective asks: What is biological intelligence? Why do we need biological intelligence to address today's challenges in drug discovery? What are some of the oppor...

Snow business: does the World Economic Forum's Davos still matter? While the French President Emmanuel Macron decried 'bullies' as he urged American President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs at #WEF26...

Another year, another JPM week. With a weekend to recuperate and reflect, I come away more concerned than ever about JPM and our industry. For context, by JPM I don’t mean the actual J.P. Morgan Healt...

The BRAINCURES Discovery Engine (BDE) provides a novel approach to further experimental validation and extension of the TxGNN foundation model for clinician-centered drug repurposing developed by the ...

Francesca Gino, a star business professor at  Harvard, was fired this past week after the school found she fabricated research used in famous studies on dishonesty.

Personal stories of managerial pressure, a culture of silence, and psychological violence in academic workplaces are at the core of a new campaign by the Movement for a Free Academia. Minister for Hig...

If you’re concerned that research culture is valuing output over well-being, or prioritising prestige over passion, these tips could help you move towards more supportive and collaborative labs and de...

Last updated: 16 December 2025 Preface Things to consider before becoming a Crick Whistleblower: "You may be offered £100 to sign a non-disclosure agreement that will state you shall not visit the Res...