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History shows us that social scientists are essential if we are to get the most out of our engineering and technological innovations.
How a recent "bad luck" cancer study illustrates failure of science journalism.
Recent moves by established journals to make research papers freely available signpost the direction of travel in academic publishing
While Europe’s scientists were watching Rosetta, President Juncker quietly scrapped the role of his top scientific adviser. What does this mean for the future of evidence-based policy in Europe?
Horizon 2020 has a budget of £63bn, but don’t expect a share unless you’re in one of the wealthiest countries and have a string of articles published in top journals.
Breakthrough Prizes may elevate scientists to rock-stars, showering the finest minds with lucrative awards.
Newly appointed chief executive of the CSIRO Larry Marshall says he is comfortable with crises, which can become a ‘catalyst for change and redirection’
A recent report reveals that only 12% of third year female PhD students want a career in academia.
University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls.
Joint winner says move to UK was important to his success and fears impact of government migration controls and funding freeze.
Open letter stating that research cannot follow political cycles.
Academia doesn’t make the grade as a training ground for today’s world
Recent retraction of two papers on stem-cell research by the journal Nature highlights weaknesses in this self-regulatory framework that scientists need to address.
The increasing pace of human discovery is a curse – we need to rethink what it means to publish the results of research.
Commenters on post-publication peer review sites such as PubPeer are catching errors that traditional peer reviewers have missed.
Nature, the pre-eminent journal for reporting scientific research, has had to retract two papers it published in January after mistakes were spotted in the figures, some of the methods descriptions were found to be plagiarised and early attempts to replicate the work failed.
A new network is being launched today, to strengthen science advice and evidence-based policymaking across Europe.
The biggest thing holding invention back is our impatience. With enough time and support, young engineers will develop the technology we need.
Free from bureaucracy, independent science labs offer a flexibility that can't be matched by universities, writes a researcher.
One of the loudest buzzwords in current science politics is interdisciplinarity. Government extols its virtues. Research councils clamour about its value. Academics parade their credentials.
How this money is invested could make a huge difference to our future, in the UK and to some extent beyond
Report points to 'serious dangers for the international standing of UK research' in humanities and social sciences.
Setting up your own science blog is a great way to publicise a field that is close to your heart, hone your writing skills and make a name for yourself
Aside from the occasional cigar (once every five years or so), I'm one of those smug "never smoked" gits. You then might think that I'm all for plain packaging, not publishing tobacco industry-funded research, and completely against the " normalization" of smoking via the evidently evil medium of e-cigarettes.
Cancer Research UK, AstraZeneca and Pfizer to create a pioneering clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer
A young researcher who shot to fame in scientific circles when she published an apparently radical and simple way to create stem cells has been found guilty of misconduct by a committee charged with investigating her work
Merciless competition for jobs and funds pushes some researchers to spin data in the eternal quest for success
Scientific mavericks once played an essential role in research. We must relearn how to support them and provide new options for an unforeseeable future.
Universities are drowning in digital information. It's time senior leaders made openness – and its consequences – their concern.
Scientists are not as secular as people think.
