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Web’s Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wins the Nobel Prize of Computing
Berners-Lee says Web access is a human right—and the technology he created needs a rethink.
The Distribution of P-values in Medical Research Articles Suggested Selective Reporting Associated with Statistical Significance
The Distribution of P-values in Medical Research Articles Suggested Selective Reporting Associated with Statistical Significance
Published P-values provide a window into the global enterprise of medical research. The aim of this study was to use the distribution of published P-values to estimate the relative frequencies of null and alternative hypotheses and to seek irregularities suggestive of publication bias.
Can Pre-School Children Learn to do Science?
Science isn’t just about explosions. But can children as young as 3 understand what it’s really about?
Tim Berners-Lee Wins $1 million Turing Award
MIT Professor Tim Berners-Lee has won the most prestigious honor in computer science, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award. Often referred to as “the Nobel Prize of computing,” the award comes with a $1 million prize provided by Google.
Anarchy and Exploitation in Scientific Communication
Technology, greed, a lack of clear rules and norms, hyper-competitiveness and a certain amount of corruption have resulted in confusion and anarchy in the world of scientific communication.
A Retiree Discovers an Elusive Math Proof—And Nobody Notices
When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.
The Price of Publishing With GitHub, Figshare, G+, Etc
Discovering that there is a way to get out from the situation which keeps us locked into the legacy publishing system.
Academic Freedom, Under Threat in Europe
The latest threat to academic freedom is occurring in the heart of Europe, in Hungary.
The Most Beautiful Bacteria You'll Ever See
Tal Danino manipulates microorganisms in his lab to create eye-catching, colorful patterns.
Using Blockchain to Keep Public Data Public
How a public blockchain would fundamentally change the way we govern and do business.
Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too
Many famous scientists have something in common—they didn’t work long hours.
Following the Success of the Learning Technologist, Is It Time for a Research Equivalent?
Following the Success of the Learning Technologist, Is It Time for a Research Equivalent?
With so many scholarly communications tools and technologies now available, how do academics decide which are most appropriate for their research?
ALLEA Publishes Revised Edition of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
ALLEA Publishes Revised Edition of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
The revised Code addresses recent and emerging challenges emanating from technological developments, open science, citizen science and social media, among other areas.
A Scientists' View of Scientometrics: Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
A Scientists' View of Scientometrics: Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
A review showing that some metrics in widespread use cannot be used as reliable indicators research quality.
A New Gold Standard of Peer Review is Needed
A New Gold Standard of Peer Review is Needed
How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered to be objective? How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered as a ‘gold standard’ of any sort?
As Marches Approach, Science Advocates Warn Universities to Prepare for Backlash
As a young professor 25 years ago, Lisa J. Graumlich awoke to a career success: Her work studying tree-ring patterns to reconstruct 1,000 years of global climate history had just become headline news...
EU Research ‘Still Failing to Include Social Sciences’
Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns
Tool for Detecting Publication Bias Goes Under Spotlight
Funnel plots are a popular tool in spotting when scientists in a field leave out negative study results, but one researcher says the method is flawed.
NIH Research Grants Yield Economic Windfall
More than 30% of biomedical studies funded by the US government are later cited in commercial patents.
Dear Anonymous Peer-Reviewer, Your Criticism Made Me a Better Researcher
Dear Anonymous Peer-Reviewer, Your Criticism Made Me a Better Researcher
When I first received one of your reports, I lay on the couch hugging a cushion. Then rage set in and I wanted to prove you wrong.
Gender in the Global Research Landscape
Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
Should Artificial Intelligence Be Used in Science Publishing?
Advances in automation technology mean that robots and artificial intelligence programs are capable of performing an ever-greater share of our work,
The Applied Value of Public Investments in Biomedical Research
Over a 27-year period, 10% of NIH grants generate a patent directly but 30% generate articles that are subsequently cited by patents.
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