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DFG Statement on the Replicability of Research Results

DFG Statement on the Replicability of Research Results

Contribution to the public debate on the “replication crisis” / “Replicability essentially touches on the quality of research and concerns all of science”.

Jimmy Wales Goes After Fake News with Wikitribune

Jimmy Wales Goes After Fake News with Wikitribune

In an exclusive video with WIRED, Wales said he wants Wikitribune to 'bring the fact-based, fact-checking mentality we know from Wikipedia to news'

Broad Institute Tests the Limits of 'Nonprofit'

Broad Institute Tests the Limits of 'Nonprofit'

The Broad Institute draws NIH funding to subsidize dozens of basic research projects, many of them conducted with commercial partners. But it is the Broad’s handling of its own CRISPR business and partnerships that threaten to undermine its nonprofit mission.

Inside eLife: Forking Software Used in ELife Papers to GitHub

Inside eLife: Forking Software Used in ELife Papers to GitHub

New eLife's GitHub account to track new software or a new algorithm when they are central to an article and to make sure that the right version of the code that was used within an article persists.

Too Many Studies Have Hidden Conflicts of Interest. A New Tool Makes It Easier to See Them.

Too Many Studies Have Hidden Conflicts of Interest. A New Tool Makes It Easier to See Them.

PubMed, the Google of scientific search, is now publishing funding information in its abstracts.

March for Science: Protesters Gather Worldwide to Support 'Evidence'

March for Science: Protesters Gather Worldwide to Support 'Evidence'

Crowds massed in the US capital and around the world Saturday to support science and evidence-based research -- a protest partly fueled by opposition to President Donald Trump's threats of budget cuts to agencies funding scientists' work.

Donald Trump Shouldn’t Appoint a Science Adviser. He Doesn’t Deserve One, and It Won’t Help.

Donald Trump Shouldn’t Appoint a Science Adviser. He Doesn’t Deserve One, and It Won’t Help.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has been headless since Donald Trump moved into the White House.

Funding Increased to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

Funding Increased to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

More than one billion people in the poorest countries are affected by treatable diseases.

The War on Science Is War on America’s Future

The War on Science Is War on America’s Future

American science and politics always have had a complicated relationship.

Teaching Load Could Put Female Scientists at Career Disadvantage

Teaching Load Could Put Female Scientists at Career Disadvantage

Male scientists in the United Kingdom report teaching less than their female counterparts, while women and minorities tend to feel disadvantaged in their careers.

Bulgaria Risks Losing Funding for Research Infrastructure Modernisation

Bulgaria Risks Losing Funding for Research Infrastructure Modernisation

Bulgaria is set to lose millions of euros in EU funding aimed at modernising the country’s research infrastructure and stimulating its innovation potential, apparently due to its inability to select independent evaluators.

With This New System, Scientists Never Have to Write a Grant Application Again

With This New System, Scientists Never Have to Write a Grant Application Again

An approach that may be tried in the Netherlands would do away with peer review and just let researchers give each other money.

Doctors Have Decades of Experience Fighting “Fake News.” Here’s How they Win.

Doctors Have Decades of Experience Fighting “Fake News.” Here’s How they Win.

Some lessons from the health community’s long battle with misinformation.

Is Elsevier Committed to Open Access?

Is Elsevier Committed to Open Access?

As per a new open access policy, all academic research from Dutch scientists should be made available under gold open access by 2024.

New Report Calls for Action to Protect Integrity in Research

New Report Calls for Action to Protect Integrity in Research

All stakeholders in the scientific research enterprise -- researchers, institutions, publishers, funders, scientific societies, and federal agencies – should improve their practices and policies to respond to threats to the integrity of research, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.