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Two Top Chinese-American Scientists Have Dropped Their US Citizenship
China gets bragging rights to two more internationally recognized researchers
Climate Scientists Face Harassment, Threats and Fears of 'McCarthyist Attacks'
Researchers will have to deal with attacks from a range of powerful foes in the coming years – and for many, it has already started.
U.S. Researchers Guilty of Misconduct Later Won More Than $100 Million in NIH Grants
U.S. Researchers Guilty of Misconduct Later Won More Than $100 Million in NIH Grants
New study sheds new light on impact of federal sanctions.
Learn From Canada's Dark Age of Science
Lessons to US scientists in how to protect scientific integrity under US President Donald Trump.
Why This Robot Ethicist Trusts Technology More Than Humans
MIT’s Kate Darling, who writes the rules of human-robot interaction, says an AI-enabled apocalypse should be the least of our concerns.
Who Has All the Content? A Taxonomy of Services
Several services attempt to gather up “all” of the content across publishers. This post provides an overview and taxonomy.
Putting Evidence to Work for Policymakers
Although scientists often are urged to share their expertise with policymakers, the idea that evidence should drive policy is not always accepted.
No Publication Without Confirmation
Proposing a new kind of paper that combines the flexibility of basic research with the rigour of clinical trials.
China Is Funding Baidu to Take on the US in Deep-Learning Research
Beijing is ready for the US to stop taking all the credit on AI advancements.
Emory Receives $1.2 Million to Shape Future of Scholarly Publishing
Emory College of Arts and Sciences has launched a $1.2 million effort that positions it to be a national leader in the future of scholarly publishing. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding the multiyear initiative to support long-form, open-access publications in the humanities in partnership with university presses.
Figuring out a Handshake
A solution to fix the replication crisis in science: why do scientists not simply sell what they learn from their research?
Got "Significosis?" Here Are the Five Diseases of Academic Publishing
How to prevent, diagnose, and treat the five diseases of academic publishing.
Reproducible Data-Driven Discovery
Chronicle of a two-day workshop curriculum to teach reproducible research using an interactive computational environment.
Ebola Funding Surge Hides Falling Investment in Other Neglected Diseases
Global research funds for these illnesses are at their lowest levels for a decade, when cash for West Africa epidemic is excluded.
How Writing Science Books for Children Benefited My Academic Career
Trying to find a way to explain to a six-year-old how natural selection works is valuable practise for trying to write a lay summary in a grant proposal.
ESA Affirms Open Access Policy for Images, Videos and Data
ESA Affirms Open Access Policy for Images, Videos and Data
ESA today announced it has adopted an Open Access policy for its content such as still images, videos and selected sets of data.
Big and Open Data Are Prompting a Reform of Scientific Governance
Big and Open Data Are Prompting a Reform of Scientific Governance
Data-centric science is emerging in concert with calls for increased openness in research.
Dutch Plan for Open Science
The motto being "as open as possible, as closed as necessary".
If AI Can Fix Peer Review in Science, AI Can Do Anything
Reading a scientific paper is not the same as understanding Shakespeare.
Hundreds Rally for Science at Demonstration Near AAAS Meeting
Crowd troubled by direction of Trump administration.
Researchers Should Reach Beyond the Science Bubble
Scientists ought to address the needs and employment prospects of taxpayers who have seen little benefit from scientific advances.
Forecasting the Growth of Preprints in Biology
Funders, scientists, and journal editors will continue to play vital roles in defining a communication system that embraces both modern technology and the human need for curation.
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