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The 10 commandments for influencing policymakers
Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact
Top science fair gets a new sponsor, as biotech ascends
Over the years, the nation has looked toward different kinds of science for its salvation, and science fairs have changed with the times.
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Blogs and Twitter in informal peer review: the #arseniclife controversy
Using the “#arseniclife” controversy as a case study, we examine the roles of blogs and Twitter in post-publication review.
1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility
Survey sheds light on the ‘crisis’ rocking research.
Jeremy Berg named Science editor-in-chief
Biochemist and former director of NIH’s basic research institute has long been involved in science policy
Confessions of a Wasteful Scientist
Three of my projects appeared last week on a senator's list of questionable research. Allow me to explain...
Crunch time
Overtime pay for postdoctoral scientists is welcome — but could mean fewer positions.
Annotation might be the future of fact-checking
Climate Feedback, a scientist-led effort to “peer review” the world’s climate journalism, is closing in on its $30,000 crowdfunding target.
The Economics of Academic Self-promotion
Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.
Elsevier is tricking authors into surrendering their rights
To put it simply, Elsevier have distorted the widely recognized concept of open access...
Money back guarantees for non-reproducible results?
There are better solutions to the “reproducibility crisis” in research
Science By Donation
What does it take to get ordinary people to fund your science? This is the third in a series of posts that will explore the brave new world of scientific crowdfunding from the inside.
Making Science with Google
Check out Science Journal-- a digital science notebook to inspire kids and adults explore the world around them using sensors and data!
ASAPbio preprint preferences survey
Results of the 357 total responses collected at the ASAPbio conference.
Young scientists need to fight for their employment rights
Like junior doctors, early career biomedical researchers have an issue with contracts (or lack of them). So why don’t we strike too?
Yes, I think academic publishers are greedy
Another day, another puff-piece from academic publishers about how awesome they are. This time, the Publisher’s Association somehow suckered the Guardian into giving them a credible-looking p…
Scientists Are Just as Confused About the Ethics of Big-Data Research as You
CVs of failure in academia do not tell the whole story
Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari
Second thoughts: Nature Editorial
Revisiting the past can help to inform ideas of the present: science without consensus would be chaos. But the price of consensus is eternal vigilance against complacency, and a willingness to contemplate the road otherwise not travelled.
Science: Disrupt
Podcast discussions with the innovators, iconoclasts, and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science.
Google launches Science Journal to turn your phone into a research lab
Google believes there's a scientist in all of us, so it's launching a new app that turns your phone into a powerful little research lab.
Academic Publishing: Toward a New Model
To make research more accessible, separate the review and dissemination processes.
Preprints for the life sciences
Piece reflecting the opinions of researchers, funders, and journals.
Embrace preprints and set biomedical information free
Preprints uploaded to a public server without formal review can speed up the sharing of biomedical information without harming the scientific process.