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Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing

Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing

President Joe Biden wants Congress to establish clear rules for biometric data policies and tools used in criminal investigations.

Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

The EU is to pilot a new initiative that aims to improve working conditions for young researchers, starting in 2024. The pilot will test how the European Commission, member states and industry could work together to coordinate financing and knowledge networks and strengthen and diversify research career paths by promoting links between academia and industry.  

Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach

Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach

Based on the state of research in the Science of Team Science, the question of which intra- and interpersonal factors are most significant for the success of a research team is investigated.

ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author 

ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author 

Preceding all others, a peer-reviewed paper titled 'Open artificial intelligence platforms in nursing education: Tools for academic progress or abuse?' was recently published by Siobhan O'Connor, Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Western University.

Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence

Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence

This post highlights four different approaches to evidence in policymaking and suggest how researchers and policy organisations might use these findings to engage differently with policy

Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.

Is Development an Art or a Science?

Is Development an Art or a Science?

Reflecting on nearly twenty years of transdisciplinary practice and research and the recent publication of their new book, New Mediums, Better Messages? How Innovations in Translation, Engagement, and Advocacy are Changing International Development, this article considers how the role of popular and vernacular knowledge is essential to international development.

American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living

American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living

The NIH sets postdoctoral trainee stipend levels that many institutions use as a basis for postdoc salaries - but while salary standards are held constant across universities, the cost of living in those universities’ cities and towns vary widely. 

China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?

China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?

In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the No. 1 publisher of the most influential papers.

New Science Jargon for the New Year

New Science Jargon for the New Year

If only there was a list of words all scientists can share—words that will baffle outsiders unfamiliar with the pressures we face, but that every scientist will understand.  This article proposes, in alphabetical order, some that you might find useful.

Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers

Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers

Wallace, who independently discovered the theory of evolution, relied on local knowledge to craft his seminal work on species ranges in the Amazon. Now, the region's Indigenous scientists have taken charge of their research using this and other cross-cultural tools.

Eleven Science Stories Likely to Make Big News in 2023

Eleven Science Stories Likely to Make Big News in 2023

Making COVID-19 manageable and covering financial losses from climate change could make headlines

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Going Into Effect

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Going Into Effect

NIH to require researchers to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan with grant applications submitted after Jan. 25, 2023

Research Ethics and Integrity in the Context of Public Engagement

Research Ethics and Integrity in the Context of Public Engagement

The 2022 High Level Workshop on the European Research Area focused on ethics and integrity when science engages with the public, such as when advising decision makers, communicating to citizens, or having the public participate in the research process.

The Best Science, Innovation and Health Stories of 2022

The Best Science, Innovation and Health Stories of 2022

2022 was great for science, from historic space missions to archeological discoveries and plenty to learn in medicine.