Nature - Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

Cognitive diversity, reflected in variations of language, perspective, and reasoning, is essential to creativity and collective intelligence. This diversity is rich and grounded in culture, history, and individual experience. Yet, as large language models (LLMs) become deeply embedded in people’s lives, they risk standardizing language and reasoning. We synthesize evidence across linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, and computer science to show how LLMs reflect and reinforce dominant styles while marginalizing alternative voices and reasoning strategies. We examine how their design and widespread use contribute to this effect by mirroring patterns in their training data and amplifying convergence as all people increasingly rely on the same models across contexts. Unchecked, this homogenization risks flattening the cognitive landscapes that drive collective intelligence and adaptability.

A new study finds that digital twins don’t yet replicate the views of the individuals they are modeled after.

Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.

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The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East members at Scientific American on today’s decision to sell Springer Nature and lay off staff: “Earlier today in an all-staff meeting we ...

The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.

Biological immortality of marine tissues offers previously unexplored potential for ethically unconstrained biomedical and aging research.

A decade on from the launch of an ambitious project, it’s time to revisit the reasons for constructing a human genome from scratch.

Nature talks to specialists about whether people might soon be diagnosed by artificial-intelligence systems.

These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque

Scientists are debating whether to limit biological AI software to ward off threats.

Integration of data representing 35,120 brain scans from diverse global studies enables construction of reference charts that define normative microstructural and macrostructural properties across the human lifespan for research and clinical diagnosis.

Nature - Using AI coding tools can speed up your work, but there are plenty of pitfalls.

Hundreds of scans hint at how substances such as psilocybin, LSD and ayahuasca alter connections between key areas of the brain.

This Perspective discusses the importance of the US Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance on the use of bayesian methods in clinical trials because it underscores its commitment to modernizing...

Biased AI writing assistants shift people’s attitudes about societal issues; common interventions do not prevent this influence.

“It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” blocking all federal agencies and contractors from doing business with the company.

Campus security escorted the professors—five tenured and one tenure-track—to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals.

How are two competing neuroscience journals faring since the editorial board of one departed to create the other?

The Open Visualization Academy—a first-of-its-kind platform recently launched by a faculty member at the University of Miami—offers free courses on designing data-backed charts and maps to communicate...