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Statistics for All: Open-source Pioneers Win Million-dollar Prize

Statistics for All: Open-source Pioneers Win Million-dollar Prize

The free, open-source software R has fundamentally transformed research in statistics and data science - and continues to shape the field to this day. Now the pioneers who have driven its development for some 30 years are receiving the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, worth one million US dollars. Among the laureates is Martin Mächler, a mathematician from ETH Zurich. 

Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?

Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?

Authoritarian tendencies, geopolitical conflicts, and growing concerns about research security are putting Open Science under increasing and unprecedented pressure. At the 10th Open Science Retreat, international experts and practitioners discussed how open research can remain resilient in times of such crises.

Symposium - Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future

Symposium - Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the National Academy of Sciences will convene scientific leaders, innovators, and emerging researchers to explore a central question: What discoveries will define the next 250 years?

NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has slashed budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year.

AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise

AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise

It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

When AI tools are designed with a gender, they don't just encode gendered values they also encourage users to engage with them in biased ways.

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

A proposed overhaul of US federal grant rules has been debated mainly as a fight over political control of science. But, Rob Johnson argues, it would also reshape how publicly funded research is communicated and shared across borders, with consequences far beyond the United States.


 

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR) is a new international peer reviewed journal that publishes commentaries, reviews, article and analyses of research management, governance, dissemination, practice, theory and assessment.

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.