Across the brain sciences, institutions and individuals have begun to actively acknowledge
and address the presence of racism, bias, and associated barriers to inclusivity within our …

Collective intelligence underpins the success of groups, organizations, markets and
societies. Through distributed cognition and coordination, collectives can achieve outcomes …

The use of English as the common language of science represents a major impediment to
maximising the contribution of non-native English speakers to science. Yet few studies have …

The importance of sampling from globally representative populations has been well
established in human genomics. In human microbiome research, however, we lack a full …

Peer review is central to the scientific process and scientists' career advancement, but bias
at various stages of the review process disadvantages some authors. Here we use peer …

Sampling biases in the fossil record distort estimates of past biodiversity. However, these
biases not only reflect the geological and spatial aspects of the fossil record, but also the …

Open Science holds the promise to make scientific endeavours more inclusive, participatory,
understandable, accessible and re-usable for large audiences. However, making processes …

Alexithymia refers to difficulties identifying and describing one's emotions. Growing evidence
suggests that alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor. Despite its clinical importance …

Ethnobiology, like many fields, was shaped by early Western imperial efforts to colonize
people and lands around the world and extract natural resources. Those legacies and …

Success and impact metrics in science are based on a system that perpetuates sexist and
racist “rewards” by prioritizing citations and impact factors. These metrics are flawed and …