The Verdict Is in from the European Digital City Index
European Digital City Index measures fertility of cities across Europe for innovative digital firms.
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Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition
Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.
Medical School to Examine whether Professor Published Paper Partly Written by Chemical Company
Medical School to Examine whether Professor Published Paper Partly Written by Chemical Company
Court documents suggest Monsanto helped “ghost write” paper
How to Resist Threats to Science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy.
Are Biomedical Researchers Forgetting Females?
Last year, NIH implemented a policy to push scientists to consider how sex affects biological systems. Critics worry it goes too far.
Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science
The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.
Mixed Progress on Digital Transformation
A study analysing digital transformation in the publishing industry found that 25 per cent of publishers see themselves as 'lagging' behind the rest of the industry.
Open-Data Contest Unearths Scientific Gems — and Controversy
Hundreds of researchers pick through clinical trial from a major blood-pressure study, to the dismay of some who collected the information.
How We Edit Science Part 2: Significance Testing, P-Hacking and Peer Review
This is the second part in a series on how we edit science, looking at hypothesis testing, the problem of p-hacking and how the peer review process works.
10 Free Online Science Courses to Learn a Little of Everything
Free online courses to help you expand your mind in whatever directions you want.
Gender Bias Distorts Peer Review Across Fields
Editors are more likely to select reviewers of the same gender.
Next-Generation Metrics
Responsible metrics and evaluation for open science.
Axios Review a failed experiment in outsourcing peer review?
Axios Review a failed experiment in outsourcing peer review?
Does the closing of @AxiosReview portend the end of independent peer review, or just the wrong business model?
Is Most Published Research Really False?
Common underpinning problems with the scientific and data analytic practices and point to tools and behaviors that can be implemented to reduce the problems with published scientific results.
Taking On Chemistry's Reproducibility Problem
Efforts to get to grips with the problem have meant new ideas and technologies are now being brought to bear
What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.
Open Data and Open Science Policy in Europe
Similarities and differences in Open Data and Open Science policies between European nations.
HackScience
A platform enabling scientists to create, share and control open and affordable lab automation tools.
HypDynamics
A data set interrogation tool in the field of cell and molecular biology.
Why Are Citations Important In Research Writing?
It’s not just about distributing credit where it’s due
Citation Cartels ad The Mafia of Scientific Publishing
Citation cartels are groups of researchers and journals that team up with the specific intent of affecting the number of citations their publications receive.
The FDA Chief Must Not Be a Proxy for Industry
Trump’s pick for the US regulatory agency will bring experience and a clear vision — as well as ties to industry.
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