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Who Needs Democracy When You Have Data?
Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Genetic analysis uncovers a direct descendant of two different groups of early humans.
BlockchainForScience.com
Information about Blockchain for Science, Research and Knoweldge creation. The decentralized future of science. Blockchain bears the potential to make science more effective, make research continous, free data and fix the reproducibility crisis in science.
Minding the Gender Gap
Mind the Gap is a role-playing game designed as a structure for dialogues which examine the gender gap.
Harassment Charges: Injustice Done?
Colleagues urge UCI to acknowledge the possibility that its sanctions against Professor Ayala were enacted in haste and to reopen the case and investigate the matter more thoroughly.
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Physicist Jana Lasser of PhDnet discusses the group's new report.
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials.
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
Chief of Europe's 1-Billion EUR Brain Project Steps Down
Chris Ebell, who became director of the initiative in 2015, leaves after differences of opinion with the project’s lead institution.
How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science
Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach.
Science's Bullying Problem
When scientists reach mid-career, they suddenly have to manage people, something they have never done and never really been trained to do.
eLife Looking for a New Editor-In-Chief
eLife is conducting an open search for a new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Randy Schekman.
Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A Systematic Comparison of Citations in 252 Subject Categories
Software Deposit: Guidance for Researchers
A set of complementary guides covering the main aspects of depositing software into digital repositories.
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
How the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology became a multimillion dollar organization promoting bullshit science through fake conferences and journals.
Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia
Despite Becoming Increasing Institutionalised, There Remains a Lack of Discourse About Research Metrics Among Much of Academia
The active use of metrics in everyday research activities suggests academics have accepted them as standards of evaluation, that they are “thinking with indicators”. Yet when asked, many academics profess concern about the limitations of evaluative metrics and the extent of their use.
Predatory Publishers: The Journals That Churn out Fake Science
A Guardian investigation, in collaboration with German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk, reveals the open-access publishers who accept any article submitted for a fee.
When It Comes to Sexual Harassment, Academia Is Fundamentally Broken
Even after reading every single related news article, it is still worth reading the 300-plus page National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report on Sexual Harassment in its entirety. The report lays out why academia is fundamentally broken and incapable of dealing with harassment.
In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media
In the Era of Brexit and Fake News, Scientists Need to Embrace Social Media
Social media can promote openness in research as international partnerships and collaborations are jeopardised, while increased adoption by scientists can also redress the balance that has shifted towards ill-evidenced news on some platforms.
This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize
This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize
Jocelyn Bell Burnell's skills on the radio telescope were on point. Following the discovery of pulsars, Bell Burnell faced casual sexism from the media and public as well.
Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU
"Science, research and innovation performance of the EU, 2018" (SRIP) analyses Europe’s performance dynamics in science, research and innovation and its drivers, in a global context.
How We Judge Research Outputs When Making Funding Decisions
Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, and Jim Smith, Director of Science, discuss the steps Wellcome is taking to fulfil the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
The Art of Crafting Conferences
The benefits and challenges of three approaches to scientific meetings.
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