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Using the “#arseniclife” controversy as a case study, we examine the roles of blogs and Twitter in post-publication review.
Survey sheds light on the ‘crisis’ rocking research.
Biochemist and former director of NIH’s basic research institute has long been involved in science policy
Three of my projects appeared last week on a senator's list of questionable research. Allow me to explain...
Overtime pay for postdoctoral scientists is welcome — but could mean fewer positions.
Climate Feedback, a scientist-led effort to “peer review” the world’s climate journalism, is closing in on its $30,000 crowdfunding target.
Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.
To put it simply, Elsevier have distorted the widely recognized concept of open access...
There are better solutions to the “reproducibility crisis” in research
What does it take to get ordinary people to fund your science? This is the third in a series of posts that will explore the brave new world of scientific crowdfunding from the inside.
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Results of the 357 total responses collected at the ASAPbio conference.
Podcast discussions with the innovators, iconoclasts, and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science.
Like junior doctors, early career biomedical researchers have an issue with contracts (or lack of them). So why don’t we strike too?
Another day, another puff-piece from academic publishers about how awesome they are. This time, the Publisher’s Association somehow suckered the Guardian into giving them a credible-looking p…
Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari
Revisiting the past can help to inform ideas of the present: science without consensus would be chaos. But the price of consensus is eternal vigilance against complacency, and a willingness to contemplate the road otherwise not travelled.
Google believes there's a scientist in all of us, so it's launching a new app that turns your phone into a powerful little research lab.
To make research more accessible, separate the review and dissemination processes.
Piece reflecting the opinions of researchers, funders, and journals.
Preprints uploaded to a public server without formal review can speed up the sharing of biomedical information without harming the scientific process.
NSF surveys generate what seem to be conflicting data on the status of those entering the scientific job market
It is essential that computer programming to be taught in schools will lead to improving children’s ability to think logically and creatively.
