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Nine years of censorship
Canadian scientists are now allowed to speak out about their work — and the government policy that had restricted communications.
Set up a public registry of competing interests
The problem of bias in published research must be tackled in a consistent and comprehensive fashion, says Adam G. Dunn.
Gravitational wave scientists win $3m Special Breakthrough Prize
Following their February breakthrough, Kip Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Ronald Drever and nearly 1,000 LIGO scientists will share the Silicon Valley-backed prize.
We need to do more for women in science
The scientific community must do a better job confronting the issues facing women in science, our author writes
Research Integrity and Peer Review
Launch of Research Integrity and Peer Review, a new open-access journal that will provide a home to research on ethics, reporting, and evaluation of research.
Multidisciplinary research ‘career suicide’ for junior academics
However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis
How regular people can help shape science
Not a scientist? As David Lang shows, you can still play a meaningful role in solving science’s hardest problems.
While quantity of research is the name of the game, women are left on the sidelines
While quantity of research is the name of the game, women are left on the sidelines
As long men can score points for producing mountains of output, women will never get a fair shot at academic promotion
Image Manipulation: Cleaning Up the Scholarly Record
After hundreds of manipulated images were detected across 40 scientific journals, the real work will be to correct the scientific record.
Reimagining the Paper
Breaking down lengthy, narrative-driven biomedical articles into brief reports on singular observations or experiments could increase reproducibility and accessibility in the literature.
Are we seeing the rise of the Trump Academic?
We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work while affecting interest in the keynote speaker’s presentation. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus is beginning to emerge?
The Zombie Literature
Retractions are on the rise. But reams of flawed research papers persist in the scientific literature. Is it time to change the way papers are published?
Only successful people can afford a CV of failure
A Princeton professor’s frankness hides the grim reality about work for many young people
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
Comparing Published Scientific Journal Articles to Their Pre-print Versions
An analysis reveals that the text contents of the scientific papers generally change very little from their pre-print to final published versions.
Princeton professor publishes resume of his career lows
Johannes Haushofer bravely posts document listing degree programs he did not get in to and academic positions he did not get
Crazy diamonds
Billionaires are funding lots of grandiose plans. Welcome their ambition
The Forgotten Father of the Information Age
Shannon had a weakness for juggling and unicycles, but his fingerprints are on every electronic device we own.
Troubled geophysics institute gets a new boss
Carlo Doglioni aims to concentrate on science, leaving trial and corruption allegations behind
Duplicated images plague research papers
A new analysis finds that 3.8 percent of scientific studies have images duplicated from another paper.
Science Magazine’s Defense of Expensive Journals
Science magazine just published a great piece on the utility of Sci-Hub. Unfortunately, its defense of its own business model is flawed.
Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
An exclusive look at data from the controversial web site Sci-Hub reveals that the whole world, both poor and rich, is reading pirated research papers.
The things you hate most about submitting manuscripts
13 tips to make submitting your paper a breeze