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In My Post-Ph.D. Career, I'm Putting My Grad School Angst to Good Use
A job as a university research integrity officer turned out to be the perfect fit.
A Criterion for Research Quality?
A paper arguing that the uncritical pursuit of reproducibility as an overarching epistemic value is misleading and potentially damaging to scientific advancement.
The State of Open Data Report 2018
The State of Open Data 2018 looks at global attitudes towards open data. It includes survey results of researchers and a collection of articles from industry experts, as well as a foreword from Ross Wilkinson, Director, Global Strategy at Australian Research Data Commons.
Look How Far Precision Medicine Has Come
Skeptics say drugs based on genetic insights have underdelivered. But look carefully and they're everywhere.
Do Authors Comply when Funders Enforce Open Access to Research?
The first large-scale analysis of compliance with open-access rules reveals that up to one-third of articles are not free to read.
Leading Cancer-research Charity Takes Tough Stance on Bullying
Cancer Research UK will be able to revoke grants if researchers and institutions do not abide by its new behaviour policy.
Three Teams Join Race to Build the World's Fastest Supercomputer
Exascale computers promise dramatic advances in climate modeling, genetics studies, and artificial intelligence
Survey Reveals Highs and Lows of a Life in Science
Most scientists are satisfied in their jobs, but a significant number still face discrimination - an unacceptable situation.
Controversial Blacklist of 'poor Quality' Journals
The government hopes it will improve research quality, but some researchers are sceptical.
The Cart Before the Horse
The article is a call to go back to basics, to re-examine the drivers of our projects. My main aim here is to provide a few helpful tips to increase the chances of success and long-term adoption of data-science projects.
Precarious Postdocs
A Comparative Study on Recruitment and Selection of Early-career Researchers
An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption
Three recent books challenge the tech industry's myths of self-reliance and prescience.
Europe's Nobel Laureates Step Up
Leading scientists and mathematicians urge UK and European Union leaders to strike a deal on research amid stalling negotiations.
Harvard's Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial
Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development
Relationship of Gender Differences in Preferences to Economic Development
What contributes to gender-associated differences in preferences such as the willingness to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity, and trust? Falk and Hermle studied 80,000 individuals in 76 countries who participated in a Global Preference Survey and compared the data with country-level variables. They observed that the more that women have equal opportunities, the more they differ from men in their preferences.
Becoming the Law in California
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed A.B. 2192, a law requiring that all peer-reviewed, scientific research funded by the state of California be made available to the public no later than one year after publication.
Beating the Odds to Secure a Permanent Contract
Six early-career researchers offer advice on how to secure a permanent contract in academia, and then make the most of it.
Is It Worth Getting Credit for it?
We know that peer review is important and that the hard work of reviewers should be recognized. Yet we still don't really know how that recognition should work.
In Review
A new Research Square product for tracking peer review activity of a paper in submission.
In Review: a New Way to Open Up the Submissions and Peer Review Process
A manuscript is much more than words on paper. Painstakingly drafted, fuelled by coffee over long nights, then (constructively) dismantled by colleagues, re-drafted several times, and finally, assembled into something you're proud of. It is the culmination of months or years of hard work, and could potentially lead to recognition for you and your whole... Read more "
Six Science Bosses Join Forces to Push for More EU Funding for 'excellent' Science
Launch of €100 Million Clean Energy Fund with Bill Gates
Bill Gates and the European Commission have launched a €100 million investment fund designed to bring radical clean energy technologies more quickly to market in order to promote energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
University Presses Take Control of Ebook Distribution
Two leading university presses are changing the way they sell their digital collections to libraries - cutting out the middlemen. Will others follow suit?
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)
The appropriation of genetic research by those with extremist views on race has scientists grappling with how to respond.
Your Next Doctor's Appointment Might Be with an AI
A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice-but are they as good as the real thing?