Replicating scientific results is tough — but essential p.359
A high-profile replication study in cancer biology has obtained disappointing results. Scientists must redouble their efforts to find out why.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03736-4
A high-profile replication study in cancer biology has obtained disappointing results. Scientists must redouble their efforts to find out why.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03736-4
Nature has made progress in improving the representation and participation of women at scientific conferences — but there is still much more to do.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03735-5
Early lab results suggest that existing vaccines could be less effective against the fast-spreading coronavirus variant, but boosters should improve immunity.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03672-3
Barriers to reproducing preclinical results included unhelpful author communication, but critics argue that one-time replication attempts don’t tell the whole story.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03691-0
Delhi court will scrutinize whether the pirate paper website falls foul of India’s copyright law. The verdict could have implications for academic publishers further afield.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03659-0
Machine-learning algorithm predicts material properties using electron density.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03697-8
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A sophisticated theory for learning motor skills places emphasis on the need for inferring context — drawing conclusions about the structure of the environment — for efficiently storing and expressing motor memories.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03028-x
Bipedalism is a defining feature of the human lineage, but not all hominin species walked in the same way. New data from a famous palaeoanthropology site reveal that at least two differently bipedal hominins roamed eastern Africa.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-03469-4
An individual’s genetics can influence their risk of infection and the severity of disease symptoms. A large international study has identified parts of the human genome that can affect the risk of severe COVID-19.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-01773-7
Trials of behavioural interventions are hard to compare, hampering policy decision-making. The effects of more than 50 interventions on exercise behaviour have been compared using an experimental design called a megastudy.
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