Nobel-Prize Winner Harold Varmus Talks Politics and Science
The cancer researcher reflects on the 2016 election, his experience as a political adviser, and the difficulties of communicating how science works.
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Web of Science Predicts 2016 Nobel Prize Winners
Thomson Reuters Web of Science 2016 Nobel Prize Predictions based on Citations.
Which are the best universities in the world?
Last week saw the publication of the latest world university rankings. But until the purveyors of these league tables address the uncertainties in their data, no-one knows where they really stand. Opinion piece by Stephen Curry.
MacArthur Fellows 2016
MacArthur Fellowships, or "Genius Grants" are awarded annually to between 20 and 30 individuals who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the US.
The natural selection of bad science
Poor research design and data analysis encourage false-positive findings. Such poor methods persist despite perennial calls for improvement, suggesting that they result from something more than just misunderstanding.
Is science only for the rich?
Around the world, poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers.
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.
What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
Bad Blood about CRISPR
Who gets credit for the technology to cut-and-paste the human genome?
Results of World University Rankings 2016-2017
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues.
Worldwide brain-mapping project sparks excitement and concern
Worries include how to coordinate research programmes and resources from different countries.
Zuckerberg aims to 'cure, prevent and manage' all disease
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan plan to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
Mass production of review articles is cause for concern
A torrent of low-quality meta-analyses and systematic reviews in biomedicine might be hiding valuable research and misleading scientists.
Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science'
Scientists incentivised to publish surprising results frequently in major journals, despite risk that such findings are likely to be wrong, suggests research.
New study could be another nail in the coffin for the validity of student evaluations of teaching
New study could be another nail in the coffin for the validity of student evaluations of teaching
New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.
Facebook Couple Commits $3 Billion to Cure Disease
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative aims to have major impact by 2100.
Big dreams emerge for big brain science projects
Organizers of national neuroscience projects meet to coordinate goals.
HHMI Launches New Program for Early-Career Scientists
New program aims to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Research Ministry demands Open Access
Federally funded research will now come with an open access clause – but uncertainties remain
The FTC Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing predatory journal publishing company, OMICS Group, for hiding fees and deceiving researchers. It's a first for the largely unregulated industry.
OpenCon Berlin 2016: Advancing Openness in Research and Education
ScienceOpen has teamed up with OpenAIRE and Digital-Science, alongside two of their portfolio companies – Figshare and Overleaf, to organise an OpenCon ‘satellite’ event to be held in Berlin on the 24-26th November.
Robot-written reviews fool academics
Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity.
Data manipulation charges against prominent researchers
Anonymous individual or group claims that 22 papers from the University of Tokyo contain fabricated or falsified data.
Is your spreadsheet program altering your data?
Is your spreadsheet program altering your data?
The move to providing the underlying data behind research articles has been a major step towards promoting reproducibility, transparency and data re-use. However, analyses of the quality and annota…
Is More Recognition the Key to Success?
As we celebrate Peer Review Week, this post summarizes some of the reviewer preferences along with ways to boost recognition for peer review activities.
The librarian's role in text and data mining
The librarian's role in text and data mining
The relatively new exception to copyright law that we enjoy in the UK, permitting text and data mining (TDM) for the purposes of non-commercial research, offers potential to further knowledge and make scientific and medical breakthroughs.
The Rise of the Trump Academic
We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus beginning to emerge?
What's the point of maths research?
We don't know what knowledge we'll need in the future, and that's where maths research comes in.
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