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Why Are Citations Important In Research Writing?
It’s not just about distributing credit where it’s due
A Battle Over The ‘Best Science’
Who could object to calls for basing government regulations on the "best available science"? But in Washington, D.C., the phrase has become code for a contentious debate surrounding federal regulatory agencies.
5 Biotech Products U.S. Regulators Aren’t Ready For
New techniques being used to produce our food or shape the environment raise regulatory questions.
Pasteur Institute's Scientists Make Last-Ditch Plea to Keep Their President
Popular leader will be forced to retire at 65 — but senior staff have other ideas.
Protocols.io - Life Sciences Protocol Repository
An open access repository of science methods and collaborative research platform.
Figures - Create Publication Ready Scientific Figures
A beautiful new way to create and share research figures.
Spoiled Science
How a seemingly innocent blog post led to serious doubts about Cornell’s famous food laboratory.
Step Out Of The Lab and Engage
Last month I found myself sitting on a leather couch, my black dress smoothed over my knees, in a hushed wood-paneled room in Washington, D.C.
My Uncle, CEO of Intel, Time Person of the Year and an Immigrant
My uncle immigrated to the United States in 1956 with no assets, a brilliant mind, ambition, and a faith that America was a great country of opportunity. He escaped from Hungary, a country of communists, at the time a source of great fear among many US politicians. If the US President at his time were making policy similar to our President today, my uncle would’ve never been allowed in the US.
Economics Professor Turns to Crowdfunding to Pay Salary
Steve Keen laments loss of ‘time and freedom’ for universities’ ‘original thinkers’
Google Scholar Is a Serious Alternative to Web of Science
Many bibliometricians and university administrators remain wary of Google Scholar citation data, preferring “the gold standard” of Web of Science instead.
Trump’s Budget Is Everything Scientists Have Been Fearing
The outline cuts at least $7 billion for research on climate change, diseases, and energy.
Scientists Brace for a Lost Generation in American Research
Private funding isn't enough to offset the president's proposed budget cuts, they say.
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
Revised text of a talk given by the Director of Libraries at MIT.
Academics Can Change the World – If They Stop Talking Only to Their Peers
Very few academics do a great deal to share their often important and relevant research with the general public. What's holding them back?
Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?
Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here’s why not much has changed—and what might actually work.
Who Will Run the New European Open Science Cloud?
The Commission wants to knit existing data infrastructures into a shared pan European resource.
Career Success Stories of the European Research Council
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, three Starting Grant awardees describe their career paths.
The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
We asked three experts for their takes.
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