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Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions

Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions

When Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt asked a large group of underrepresented faculty members why they left their higher education institutions, they told her the real reasons for their departures -- those that climate surveys don't capture.

Coronavirus Is What You Get When You Ignore Science

Coronavirus Is What You Get When You Ignore Science

 Science and scientists face crushing opposition. In addition to silent-spreading disease and a burning planet, they must take on the moneyed, the godly, the dictatorial and Mike Pence.

The Ultimate Open Access Timeline

The Ultimate Open Access Timeline

What happened instead of us sitting down and thinking how we could spend our money in the most technologically savvy way to the benefit of science, scholars and society. A generation later, roughly US$300 billion poorer and none the wiser, it seems.

Open Peer-Review Platform for COVID-19 Preprints

Open Peer-Review Platform for COVID-19 Preprints

The public call for rapid sharing of research data relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak is driving an unprecedented surge in (unrefereed) preprints. To help pinpoint the most important research, Nature launched Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview, an open-source platform for rapid review of preprints related to emerging outbreaks.

What Should Be the Essential Baseline Practices for Repositories That Manage Research Data?

What Should Be the Essential Baseline Practices for Repositories That Manage Research Data?

COAR and SPARC have published a joint response to the OSTP Request for Public Comment on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research. Good data management is critical for ensuring validation, transparency of research findings, as well as to maximize impact and value of publicly-funded research through data reuse.

Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment Endangering Health Workers Worldwide

Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment Endangering Health Workers Worldwide

WHO calls on industry and governments to increase manufacturing by 40 per cent to meet rising global demand.

To Help 'left Behind' Britain, More Adults Need to Feel Able to Go to University

To Help 'left Behind' Britain, More Adults Need to Feel Able to Go to University

Adult learning is at a 20-year low because mature students can't study flexibly. This must change

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy

This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.

Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.

Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.

This report shows the results of a survey conducted in spring 2019 among all people who received a PhD in political science from a Swiss university during the last eleven years (2008 to 2018) and among postdocs working in a Swiss university in June 2019. Thus, this survey sheds light on the experiences and career paths of both postdocs and doctors in political science who left academia. Moreover, it compares the results regarding postdocs with a similar study carried out in 2012.

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - Led by Women, Advancing Women

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - Led by Women, Advancing Women

The initiative to ensure that qualified women have a place at the Academy.

Who is Getting Sick? A Look at Coronavirus Risk by Age, Gender, and More

Who is Getting Sick? A Look at Coronavirus Risk by Age, Gender, and More

For a variety of reasons, researchers want to figure out who's most at risk of being infected and who's most at risk of developing severe illness.

How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior

How China's New Policy May Change Researchers' Publishing Behavior

A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.

A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

An Interior Department official has pressed scientists to include misleading climate language - including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial - into their work.

Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature

Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates | Advancing Discovery | Springer Nature

Last year, everyone in U.S. academic publishing had strong opinions about a mythical beast that all had heard about but none had actually seen: a rumored Executive Order from the White House Office of Science and Technology that would mandate immediate public availability of research results by federally-funded authors.