Artificial intelligence experts call for ban
More than 1,000 artificial intelligence researchers have signed an open letter issued that calls for a ban on autonomous weapons that select and engage targets without human intervention.
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Google is scouring Ancestry.com to find out what's in your genes
Google is scouring Ancestry.com to find out what's in your genes
Google's biotech Calico will delve into the genetic database amassed by a unit of Ancestry.com to look for hereditary influences on longevity.
New Scopus article metrics
The new Scopus Article Metrics module includes new metrics based on four alternative metrics categories.
Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier
Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier
Is public money being thrown away on scientific research whose results won’t hold up to scrutiny?
Speeding up scholarly communication for rapid sharing
Dalmeet Singh Chawla rounds up the recent discussion about single figure publications.
US project aims for ethnic balance
Massive study seeks to succeed where others failed, but faces tight deadline and questions about strategy.
Cindy Wu raised $1.2 million
Cindy Wu raised $1.2 million
Cindy Wu, a recent college graduate, had a great idea — and when she explained it, investors opened up their checkbooks
Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right
Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack.
Single Figure Publications: A novel format for scholarly communication
The single figure publication is a novel, efficient format by which to communicate scholarly advances. It will serve as a forerunner of the nano-publication, a modular unit of information critical for machine-driven data aggregation and knowledge integration.
ACSB Reproducibility Report
The difficulty in replicating research findings has been at the center of the attention in the specialized and lay press for a number of years and is more recently attracting the attention of the Administration and Congress.
She Figures 2015 - Preliminary Results
This leaflet presents some initial results of the She Figures 2015 data collection. It provides data on the proportions of women and men amongst top level graduates and researchers.
PEERE-ing into peer review
PEERE is a project funded by the European Union to explore issues around journal and grant peer review, running from 2014 to 2018.
It's good to talk
Survey results released last week by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) included an interesting nugget. Some 72% of respondents said that they had been unable to replicate a published experimental result. Yet a higher proportion (77%) said that they had never been told that their work could not be replicated.
Pay gap persists for female university leaders
Women in university leadership are paid up to 11.4% less than men in equivalent jobs, according to a [10]new study.
Fifth retraction for famous Robert Weinberg
Another domino has fallen in a chain of retractions for Robert Weinberg, the man who discovered the first tumor-causing gene in humans.
Can we expect a MIRAcle for biomedical researchers in the US?
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH has come up with a new system for funding researchers. Will the new Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award prove beneficial?
Science: it's a man's world?
Statistics still show some fields of science remain heavily male-dominated.
Science, values and the limits of measurement
Metrics play a growing role in managing research. But to understand their limitations, we need to draw on the humanities.
Don't distort policy in the name of national pride
What can go wrong when governments use research to make a country look good.
Science professors need leadership training
To drive discovery, scientists heading up research teams large and small need to learn how people operate, argue C. Leiserson and C. McVinney.
Not a valid requirement for advancing in science
Working longer hours leads to poorer productivity. If you’re trying to impress people and move up the ranks, the solution isn’t to work longer, but to work smarter.
Collaborate and listen to reproduce research
Better communication between labs may resolve many reproducibility problems, according to [28]report.
Using simplified peer review processes to fund research: a prospective study
Using simplified peer review processes to fund research: a prospective study
Simplified processes save time and money that could be reallocated to actual research. Funding agencies should consider streamlining their application processes.
Investigation of the degree to which articles supported by research grants
This study uses a bibliometric method to examine the relationship between two journal characteristics during 2009–2013: the article processing charges and the percentage of published articles based on work that is supported by grant-funded articles.
Accelerating scientific publication in Biology
The time has come for the life scientists, funding agencies, and publishers to discuss how to communicate new findings in a way that best serves the interests of the public and scientific community.
Science Europe president steps down
Miguel Seabra has stepped down as president of research-advocacy group Science Europe with immediate effect. Elisabeth Monard, secretary-general of the Research Foundation Flanders, will be acting president until it elects a new president at its general assembly in November.
Public engagement means 'sacrificing' academic career
Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess.
Congress pushes NIH to spur breakthroughs through prizes
A provision in a new biomedical innovation bill passed last week in the House of Representatives would create a new program to launch prize competitions at the NIH.
Academics draft letter complaining of 'stereotypes' in AAAS publications
Move follows controversy over comment pieces and cover page for Science.
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