Content sharing is *not* open access and why NPG is committed to both

It’s not an exaggeration to say that we’ve been overwhelmed this week with the response to our announcement that we are enabling sharing of subscription content on nature.com. We anticipated people would be interested, and hoped some of our readers and library customers would welcome it.  We want to help researchers share papers they are reading, and our goal was to make that easier.  Read more

Nature Network becomes a community archive

We started Nature Network back in 2007, as an experiment in using social media for science, and to provide a home for researchers to communicate with each other. Social media is now part of our day-to-day lives, and services like WordPress, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ now provide capabilities far beyond what was available in 2007, and what we built for Nature Network. These services evolve constantly, as technology and creativity make new things possible. Our site has dated and, like many social media services, has suffered from spam in recent months. We know that it is no longer fit for purpose nor provides the level of service that we wish for our users.  Read more

Alice’s Analysis – And the winner is…

Alice's Analysis - And the winner is...

The announcement of the winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books was preceded by a glorious evening of entertainment, brilliantly compered by the erudite and avuncular Dara Ó Briain.  All the shortlisted authors had made their way to the Royal Society, in one case from as far afield as California, and performed to an auditorium packed with science enthusiasts.  Read more

Alice’s Analysis: Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts

Alice's Analysis: Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts

Over recent weeks, Nature’s Head of Press, Alice Henchley, has been reading and reviewing the books shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, at a rate of one every week.  The winner will be announced at a public event at the Royal Society on the 25th November 2013 during which shortlisted authors will discuss their books with host Dara O Briain.  Prior to the announcement,  we’re been running a competition on Of Schemes and Memes to win a set of the shortlisted books – the winner of the prize draw will be announced soon!  Read more

Alice’s Analysis: Bird Sense by Tim Birkhead

Alice's Analysis: Bird Sense by Tim Birkhead

Over the coming months, Nature’s Head of Press, Alice Henchley, will be reading and reviewing the books shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, at a rate of one every week.  The winner will be announced at a public event at the Royal Society on the 25th November 2013 during which shortlisted authors will discuss their books with host Dara O Briain.  Prior to the announcement,  we’re running a competition on Of Schemes and Memes to win a set of the shortlisted books – all you have to do is predict the winning book and enter our prize draw.  Read more

Alice’s Analysis: Cells to Civilisations by Enrico Coen

Alice's Analysis: Cells to Civilisations by Enrico Coen

Over the coming months, Nature’s Head of Press, Alice Henchley, will be reading and reviewing the books shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, at a rate of one every week.  The winner will be announced at a public event at the Royal Society on the 25th November 2013 during which shortlisted authors will discuss their books with host Dara O Briain.  Prior to the announcement,  we’re running a competition on Of Schemes and Memes to win a set of the shortlisted books – all you have to do is predict the winning book and enter our prize draw.  Read more

On the road at #SfN13 – Tackling the terabyte: how should research adapt to the era of big data?

If you’re attending the Society for Neuroscience meeting this year (#SfN13), join us for our panel discussion: ‘Tackling the terabyte: how should research adapt to the era of big data?  Read more