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The Misinterpretation of P-Values
We wish to answer this question: If you observe a ‘significant’ p -value after doing a single unbiased experiment, what is the probability that your result is a false positive?
Commitment to Science Begins to Pay Off
A push to reverse its brain drain is providing the expertise to tackle its domestic problems.
The Wikipedia Competitor That's Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy
Everipedia, a two-year-old online encyclopedia, will become a decentralized, peer-to-peer, user-owned resource.
Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders
India's Misfire on Predatory Publishing Hits Open Access
In trying to thwart predators, the government is penalizing researchers who publish in genuine open-access journals.
Google Has Released an AI Tool That Makes Sense of Your Genome
AI tools could help us turn information gleaned from genetic sequencing into life-saving therapies.
Military Agency Invests $100m in Genetic Extinction Technologies
Technology could be used to wipe out malaria carrying mosquitos or other pests but UN experts say fears over possible military uses and unintended consequences strengthen case for a ban.
Hundreds of German Universities Set to Lose Access to Elsevier Journals
Negotiations to reduce journal prices and promote open access are progressing slowly.
STEM Programs Still Missing Mark with Women
The latest 2016 Canadian census information was released this week. Lots of statistics relating to labour, education, commutes to work and migration, among other things.
STEM Degrees Rise, but Disparities Remain
Though women earn significantly more bachelor’s degrees than men, they are substantially less likely to obtain a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.
Researchers Share $22m Breakthrough Prize as Science Gets Rock Star Treatment
"It’s really not a mathematician kind of thing, but I’ll probably survive." - C. Hacon
A Failure to Heal
When a clinical trial falters, doctors find themselves sifting through the rubble.
It's Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls
Understanding that vaccines are critical to public health and human-driven carbon emissions are un-terraforming the planet cannot be the purview of the one percent.
Aaron Swartz Fellowship
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.
Progress Isn’t as Impressive as You Might Think
"It’s clear we are a long way from artificial general intelligence." - Erik Brynjolfsson
Automatic Error Spotter Gains in Popularity
According to its developers, Statcheck gets it right in more than 95% of cases. Some outsiders still aren’t convinced.
Statement on Article Publication Resulting from NIH Funded Research
NIH recommendations to identify credible journals.
New York Psychiatry Researcher Charged with Embezzlement, Faces Jail Time
A researcher specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder is facing jail time for allegedly embezzling tens of thousands of dollars of federal grant money.
Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement
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.