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Science Journalism Can Be Evidence-Based, Compelling — and Wrong

Science Journalism Can Be Evidence-Based, Compelling — and Wrong

A ranking of the best science-news outlets misjudges the relationship between research and reporting.

The Perfect Grant and How to Get It

The Perfect Grant and How to Get It

To help scientists build a career, Pfunders must earmark cash, reduce emphasis on collaboration, and improve the application process.

Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

It is illegal to destroy government data, but agencies can make it more difficult to find by revising websites and creating other barriers to the underlying information.

U of California, Berkeley, to Delete Publicly Available Educational Content

U of California, Berkeley, to Delete Publicly Available Educational Content

Starting March 15, the university will begin removing more than 20,000 video and audio lectures from public view as a result of a Justice Department accessibility order.

Trump’s New Travel Ban Still Sabotages Science and Tech

Trump’s New Travel Ban Still Sabotages Science and Tech

Its prospects for keeping dangerous people out are dubious at best. But would-be immigrants in science and tech will almost certainly be turned away.

More Funding for Long-Term Studies Necessary for Best Science, Environmental Policy

More Funding for Long-Term Studies Necessary for Best Science, Environmental Policy

Environmental scientists and policymakers value long-term research to an extent that far outstrips the amount of funding awarded for it.

Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open Up

Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open Up

Springer Nature becomes the largest academic publisher to open up reference lists to advance data discovery and reuse, effective as of today. Working closely

Scientists Are Standing Up to Trump Because They've Always Stood Up to Bullshit

Scientists Are Standing Up to Trump Because They've Always Stood Up to Bullshit

There’s this pervasive idea that science is somehow exempt from the ugly political world in which the rest of us wallow. But even a perfunctory look at the history of American science shows that this hasn’t always been the case.

Reformatting Wastes Public Funds

Reformatting Wastes Public Funds

Limited public funds for scientific research are being spent on reformatting manuscripts for different journals, without any apparent gain for science or society.

Let’s Stand Together to Promote It Worldwide

Let’s Stand Together to Promote It Worldwide

Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them.

How The Fallout From Trump's Travel Ban Is Reshaping Science

How The Fallout From Trump's Travel Ban Is Reshaping Science

Researchers are cutting short travel, ending collaborations and rethinking their US ties.