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The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives awards a fellowship each year either to an unconventional technology expert early in his/her career, or a scholar or activist working at the intersection of humanities, social sciences and technology studies or technological solutions.
Texas is at risk of a deadly measles outbreak, and yet few have been willing to cast blame on the state’s burgeoning—and notoriously combative—anti-vaccine movement.
Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn’t exist,” says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science.
The traditional journal publishing system, the recent open access models of journal publishing as an evolving phenomenon, the nature and extent of open access as a disruptive innovation, and the implications for key stakeholders.
A comprehensive and data-driven portrait of Europe’s technology ecosystem.
EU leaders highlighted their political support for enhanced cooperation in education.
Current estimates for the cost of subscription articles converge around US$5,000 per article. This number is reached by dividing the estimated US$10b spent on subscriptions annually world-wide.
The OECD has just released a comprehensive report on Science, Technology and Industry for 2017. So how is France doing?
Fostering collaboration and good data practices in faculties.
The preservation of software has become as essential as preserving research articles and data sets.
As work on 2018 farm bill picks up pace, remember money spent on agricultural science is money well spent.
As researchers, we are unlikely to spend much time reflecting on one of the often-forgotten pillars of science: scientific publishing. Naturally, our focus leans more towards traditional academic activities including teaching, mentoring graduate students and post docs, and the next exciting experiment that will allow us to advance our understanding.
We talk to Dr Richard Bowman about designing 3D-printable microscopes.
Because knowing where to look is half the battle.
'Free science'/pirate site operator 'working on solving DNS issue'
STEMM Equality Congress (SEC) is an annual two day event that looks at ways of addressing equality and diversity in STEMM through policy, practice and collaboration. 2018's Congress will be held in Amsterdam.
Here's a list of more cultural things we can do to reduce the stress/pressure around the reproducibility crisis.
Claiming overreach by a new publisher, the journal’s editorial board asks for disciplinary action from the National Library of Medicine.
An article has come to light that has been cited in nearly 400 academic studies and scientific papers. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t exist.
Industry chemist Nathan Allen spends his spare time creating a place for open, civil debate about science online.
Professor Aled Edwards asks why we need an Intellectual Property law.
A new system must build cross-sector collaboration, lower barriers to working together, and create excitement and tangible know-how to attract investment.
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
Last week another nonprofit platform called ScholarlyHub announced its plans for a site where researchers can also exchange ideas and work—if they pay a subscription fee.
