The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

An AI system completes the full research cycle and passes peer review, but experts warn that limited oversight and unclear ...

Scientific communication is often overlooked when training aspiring new scientists. After all, science has a reputation for dealing in data rather than opinions or arguments. However, as the ...

AAAS and DataSeer are launching a six-month pilot to use AI to automatically generate MDAR checklists for Science manuscript submissions, aiming to improve reporting quality and reproducibility. The ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient world as “The Great Geometer”, have survived in an Arabic manuscript kept ...

In the real world, money seems like the most important variable in almost every equation, and it's the only readily available metric to compare the societal value of disparate objects. We'll be adding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered our lives. But even in the face of unprecedented disruption and tragedy, the scientific community is experiencing a foundational, and hopeful, shift. As ...

In the coming years, AI is poised to transform the writing of scientific manuscripts, assist in reviewing them, and help editors select the most impactful papers. Artificial intelligence (AI), in ...

Significance: Few scientific treatises in history had such a profound public impact as Charles Darwin's publication on November 24, 1859 of his On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, ...

Reviewer comments on a scientific manuscript may seem critical and personal to authors, but they are generally well thought out and meant to enhance the understandability and integrity of the paper.

Three cuttlefish and other marine and terrestrial animals. From an Arabic manuscript of Dioscurides' Book of Herbs. Credit: Leiden University Libraries. Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely ...