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Scientists Must Fight for the Facts
President Trump’s unconventional stances cannot go unchallenged.
Trump Administration Restricts News from Federal Scientists at USDA, EPA
The curbs echo what happened in Canada six years ago.
Can New Models of Publishing Better Salvage the Benefits of Peer Review?
Do journals do a good job of finding appropriate peers to review papers? Are editors always in the best place to decide the fate of a paper based on a severely limited sampling of peer reports?
Sudden Changes at the EPA, USDA, and CDC under Trump, Explained
Government scientists are being ordered not to talk about their research — and it’s only week one.
Big Science Has A Buzzword Problem
Moonshots, road maps, frameworks and more are proliferating, but few can agree on what these names even mean.
The Gender Bias in Peer Reviewing Reveals the Sexism in Academia
Even women researchers are more likely to choose men to review their academic papers.
How Statistics Lost Their Power – and Why We Should Fear What Comes Next
Are we leaving behind the age of statistics, and entering a new age of big data controlled by private companies?
Beall's List Gone But Not lost
How do you know where to publish your research? Can you be sure the publisher you submit to is reputable? Read our guidance on what to look for.
The War on Facts Is a War on Democracy
In a time when facts don’t matter, and science is being muzzled, American democracy is the real victim
Incentivizing Data Sharing in Medical Research With the S-Index
This viewpoint proposes using a sharing index or S-index to measure investigators’ engagement in sharing research data.
Moedas Picks Top Innovation Advisers
The research commissioner Carlos Moedas has named the panel of 15 advisers who will steer the launch of the European Innovation Council.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Acquires Science Search Engine Meta
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search, read and tie together more than 26 million science research papers.
President Trump and Science: 10 Things to Look for (and Fear?)
U.S. scientists wait anxiously for the new administration to flesh out its policies.
Research Seed Grant Program Accepting Proposals for Interdisciplinary Research, Creative Work
Research Seed Grant Program Accepting Proposals for Interdisciplinary Research, Creative Work
The 2017 Innovative Seed Grant Program is accepting proposals for interdisciplinary ventures on the CU Boulder campus, due Feb. 12. The program has set aside $1 million to fund grants of up to $50,000 each.
Five Minutes With John Holmwood and Martin Eve
Discussing the Future of Academic Publishing.
The ABC of panel scoring: Anchoring, Bias and Committee Procedures
Academic life is particularly full of rank ordered lists, even if they are frequently not transparently available.
Meta and The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Meta.ai is joining the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Trump Just Ordered Government Scientists to Hide Facts From the Public
He also immediately suspended all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracts and grants.
Science Communication in the Post-Truth Era
Do popular science articles make the public overconfident about their own expertise?
Now More Than Ever
Now More Than Ever
For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.
Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts
The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Scientists Are Having Trouble Replicating Groundbreaking Research
Does that mean the original research was wrong? No. It means science is really, really hard.
"You Never Said My Peer Review Was Confidential"
Open-science advocate says journals should be clearer to peer-reviewers about terms and conditions.
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