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Research Linking Violent Entertainment to Aggression Retracted After Scrutiny
Questioned psychology papers linger on in meta-analyses.
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Join the next call on open research communication projects to share and discuss emerging projects and significant updates for ongoing ones.
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
At the 40th session of UNESCO’s General Conference, 193 Members States tasked the Organization with the development of an international standard-setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by Member States in 2021.
A Training Discovery Toolkit for the Social Sciences and Humanities
A Training Discovery Toolkit for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Finding and reusing train-the-trainer materials in Social Sciences and Humanities: The SSH Training Discovery Toolkit The Training Discovery Toolkit is an inventory of various learning and training materials that trainers of different disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) can use to find materials for re-use in their own training activities.
Europe Launches Recruitment Drive for Female and Disabled Astronauts
European Space Agency aims to take on 26 people for missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars
The Publisher's Association's Impact Assessment on OA is Pretty Much As You'd Expect
The Publisher's Association's Impact Assessment on OA is Pretty Much As You'd Expect
The UK Publisher's Association has commissioned a report that seems to be their latest attempt at painting open access to research as economically damaging to the publishing sector.
Can We Use Google Scholar to Identify Highly-cited Documents?
The main objective of this paper is to empirically test whether the identification of highly-cited documents through Google Scholar is feasible and reliable.
'New Car Smell' Is The Scent of Carcinogens, And Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us
'New Car Smell' Is The Scent of Carcinogens, And Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us
The average American spends almost one hour each day commuting to work, a number that adds up quickly.
UK to Infect Up to 90 Healthy Volunteers with Covid in World First Trial
Covid human challenge study to start in weeks and will expose adults to virus in controlled environment.
Universities Need to Wise Up - or Risk Being Consigned to History
The pandemic has shown that other ways of teaching and learning are possible
English Departments Rethink What to Call Themselves
English departments rethink what to call themselves in light of how diverse they've become.
How the World is Adapting to Preprints
Preprint servers have become an indispensable part of scholarly publishing. The next step is learning how to embrace them.
A New Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes - On Purpose
A chess program that learns from human error might be better at working with people or negotiating with them.
I work in a nursing home. Here’s why my colleagues are skipping the vaccine
'Politics Was Always in the Room.' WHO Mission Chief Reflects on China Trip Seeking COVID-19's Origin
It's Good to Be a Reject
Citations, downloads, indexing - a scientific report gets all this, even if it's rejected.
ELife Collaborates with Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium on Manuscript Curation and Review
ELife Collaborates with Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium on Manuscript Curation and Review
The two initiatives have come together in their shared objective to help scientists and the public navigate the high volume of important new research.
'A Million Euro-babies': EU Fetes 30 Years of Student Exchanges
The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the program had fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.
Pandemic Hit Academic Mothers Especially Hard, New Data Confirm
Policy changes are needed to aid female scientists, emphasized by new data from a global survey of 20,000 Ph.D. holders.
Open Access Books and [in]discoverability: a Library Perspective
Open Access Books and [in]discoverability: a Library Perspective
Utrecht University Presents New Vision on Recognition and Rewards
Utrecht University Presents New Vision on Recognition and Rewards
Open science means action. And the way we offer recognition and reward to academics and staff is key in bringing about the transition that we aim for.
Inside the Making of Facebook's Supreme Court
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
Digitisation in Libraries: To What Extent Has Corona Given a Boost?
Digitisation in Libraries: To What Extent Has Corona Given a Boost?
Dramatic Discovery Links Stonehenge to Its Original Site
Find backs theory that bluestones first stood at Waun Mawn before being dragged 140 miles to Wiltshire.
The Broken Promise That Undermines Human Genome Research
Data sharing was a core principle that led to the success of the Human Genome Project 20 years ago. Now scientists are struggling to keep information free.
Physicists Discuss Threats Facing Departments and How Faculty Can Respond
Nearly half of all physics chairs report their department is under some level of threat, ranging from closure to budget cutbacks. Physicists offer perspectives on how faculty can respond proactively.
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