Good disagreement is central to progress.
Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren’t echo chambers — and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.
Explore common strategies to help you process this emotional experience.
The Nature Journal group regularly undertakes a global survey of postgraduate students. I encourage you to submit your thoughts if you are a postgraduate student, or forward the survey on to your students.
Feedback from supervisors can be a good or bad experience. Here’s how to get it right
Spectacular art on a nano scale (requires access to specialist chemicals, compounds and tools, but hey, why not?).
A new book explores all the sorts of things animals do we think are gross, but are actually crucial to their survival.
Great visualisation that provides examples of life at different ocean depths. Keep diving to find the ‘Headless Chicken Fish’ and the ‘Flabby Whalefish’.
An engaging video story about the efficacy of using comics to improve health care.
Top 10 most highly cited papers…that have actually been retracted.
