March for Science: Reaching out for Bottom-Up Governance
As top-down governance gives signs of obsolescence, it is time to adopt greater bottom-up input from scientists into policies influencing our lives.
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Erasmus Prize 2017 Awarded to MichèLe Lamont
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize to the Canadian cultural sociologist Michèle Lamont.
Hybrid Open Access Is Unreliable
In February 2017, when Elsevier were accused of selling one paid-for hybrid open access article, at first they sowed doubt about it, then three days later admitted it to be true.
Empirical Assessment of Published Effect Sizes and Power in the Recent Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology Literature
Empirical Assessment of Published Effect Sizes and Power in the Recent Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology Literature
Llow replication success in psychology is realistic and worse performance may be expected for cognitive neuroscience.
Reproducible Websites for Fun and Profit
In my scientific work I strive to be as open as possible. Unfortunately I work with data that I cannot de-identify well enough to share (aka weird sex diaries) and data that simply isn’t mine to share (aka the reproductive histories of all Swedish people since 1950)...
Research Networks ‘More Important’ for Female Scientists
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
Science Communication Course Seeks to Interrogate, Not Celebrate
Existing model of outreach that seeks to inform an ‘ignorant’ public is broken.
Indian Funding Agency Releases List of Journals Used to Evaluate Researchers
While the University Grants Commission’s system prioritizes peer-reviewed papers, experts not involved in the initiative express concern that it could incentivize cheating.
Citations Needed for the Sum of all Human Knowledge
Slides from my AAAS '17 talk, part of the panel: "Mind the Gaps: Wikipedia as a Tool to Connect Scientists and the Public"
AI Can Spot Skin Cancer as Well as a Trained Doctor
Researchers at Stanford University have created an AI algorithm that can identify skin cancer as well as a professional doctor.
AI and the End of Truth
Think the current fake news issue is bad? It won’t get any better with AI.
Watch the first trailer for HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
HBO has released the first teaser for its upcoming film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The story of Henrietta Lacks was documented in Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book of the same title.
In Age of Alternative Facts, a College Course on Calling out Scientific Crap
Tired of alternative facts, two Seattle professors aim to strike a blow for science. Their weapon? A new course: “Calling Bullshit In the Age of Big Data.”
‘Triple Impact’ for Researchers in English-Speaking Countries
Being based in an English-speaking country is the most significant factor in boosting a researcher’s likelihood of being published in a high-impact medical journal, a study has suggested.
Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How the Brain Works
A man hunched over a microscope in Spain at the turn of the 20th century was making prescient hypotheses about how the brain works. Meet Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an artist, photographer, doctor, bodybuilder, scientist, chess player and publisher.
Why You Should Donate Your Medical Data When You Die
Organs are not the only item of value from the deceased.
France Should Do More to Help Scientists Become Entrepreneurs, Report Says
France Should Do More to Help Scientists Become Entrepreneurs, Report Says
A law that aimed to stimulate the creation of spin-offs hasn't had much effect.
What Are The Most Important Unanswered Questions In Science That Are Likely To Be Answered By 2025?
What Are The Most Important Unanswered Questions In Science That Are Likely To Be Answered By 2025?
The human brain?
Scientists, Fishing for Significance, Get a Meager Catch
A growing chorus of experts says that scientific research is using too wide a net — and therefore publishing results that turn out to be false.
Gates Foundation Strikes Deal to Allow its Researchers to Publish in Science Journals
Gates Foundation Strikes Deal to Allow its Researchers to Publish in Science Journals
Arrangement could be sign of things to come
Meet 12 Badass Scientists…Who Also Happen to be Women
What do you see when you picture a scientist? Is it a white man in a lab coat? This portrait will smash that stereotype to bits.
These Are the Best Ways to Improve the Scientific Publication Process
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
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