Science and democracy: a peculiarly British disease?
Two recent programmes on BBC Radio 4 highlight a worrying anti-democratic bias in discussions of science and technology.
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How a science search engine is visualizing the discovery process - Storybench
Scientists and journalists share similar skills and challenges in digital storytelling, especially when it comes to researching an unfamiliar field. Current tools for searching information from the academic world in particular can be difficult and time-consuming. PubMed and Google Scholar, for example, present searches linearly—a long list of things to sift through. And if you [...]
Aussie research the biggest loser
A BRAIN drain has stripped Australia of one in four of its scientific leaders and 671 research positions as our best and brightest head overseas.
Patients, Scientists Fight Over Research-Data Access
Patients, Scientists Fight Over Research-Data Access
A controversy surrounding a study of chronic fatigue syndrome is prompting some scientists to push back against demands that they make medical research data more widely available to other researchers and patients.
Should All Research Papers Be Free?
Drawing comparisons to Edward Snowden, a graduate student from Kazakhstan named Alexandra Elbakyan is believed to be hiding out in Russia after illegally leaking millions of documents.
Which degrees give the best financial return?
If you had a university degree back in 1972, you were likely to earn 20% more than those without one. Today, that number has soared to 70%. But not all degrees will give you the same retu...
MIT Media Lab’s Journal of Design and Science Is a Radical New Kind of Publication
The MIT Media Lab has launched a new kind of academic journal that embodies its "antidisciplinary" ethos.
DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on how AI will shape the future
DeepMind’s stunning victories over Go legend Lee Se-dol have stoked excitement over artificial intelligence’s potential more than any event in recent memory.
Many scientific “truths” are, in fact, false
“Science isn’t about truth and falsity, it’s about reducing uncertainty.”
Things are looking app
Mobile health apps are becoming more capable and potentially rather useful
Statisticians Found One Thing They Can Agree On: It’s Time To Stop Misusing P-Values
The p-value was never intended to be a substitute for scientific reasoning.
What if we let social media rate research?
With citation indexes being routinely questioned, ‘alternative metrics’ could gain ground as a new indicator of research success. But can they be trusted?
Announcing the ORCID GERMANY project
We're delighted to announce a new project - ORCID DE - launched recently to foster and support ORCID adoption in Germany.
The politics of evidence-based policymaking
When presenting evidence to policymakers, scientists and other experts need to engage with the policy process that exists, not the one we wish existed.
Plans for new major European research facilities to help push the boundaries of science
Plans for new major European research facilities to help push the boundaries of science
Large telescopes, particle accelerators and environmental stations are among the topics covered by the eight new research infrastructure projects that are announced today as part of the 2016 Roadmap for the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).
Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, just won its second Go match against a human
Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, just won its second Go match against a human
The contest is another milestone in AI as Lee Sedol, Go's best player, is defeated again
The pleasure of publishing
The pleasure of publishing
The pleasure of publishing | When assessing manuscripts eLife editors look for a combination of rigour and insight, along with results and ideas that make other researchers think differently about their subject.
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Web widget nudges scientists to share their data
Open Data Button launched to encourage public sharing of data sets.
Women Also Know Stuff
Women Also Know Stuff is a website dedicated to promoting the work of women political scientists.
Why many Italian scientists aren't happy with a new, €1.5 billion research hub
Researchers welcome new money but worry it won't be well spent
Help us integrate GitLab and the Open Science Framework
The Center for Open Science (COS) is funding the development of an integration between GitLab and the Open Science Framework (OSF).
Learn to read between the lines of a job ad
Understanding what an ad’s language really means will help you optimize your job search results.
Researchers’ Individual Publication Rate Has Not Increased in a Century
Researchers’ Individual Publication Rate Has Not Increased in a Century
The total number of papers published by researchers during their early career period (first fifteen years) has increased in recent decades, but so has their average number of co-authors.
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