Several other lists have been launched in the past year, but some scholars want research evaluation to take new forms.

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Extinct cephalopods might have been up to 19 metres in length and probably dined high up the food chain in ancient oceans.

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Failure is part and parcel of research, but discussing it sometimes seems to be taboo in science. It doesn’t need to be.

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The identification of a receptor that is recognized by a subset of alphacoronaviruses provides insights into ‘spillover’ risk ...

Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

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Webs of star-shaped cells called astrocytes connect distant parts of the brain, allowing long-distance exchange of molecules.