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Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science

Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science

The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.

Open-Data Contest Unearths Scientific Gems — and Controversy

Open-Data Contest Unearths Scientific Gems — and Controversy

Hundreds of researchers pick through clinical trial from a major blood-pressure study, to the dismay of some who collected the information.

How We Edit Science Part 2: Significance Testing, P-Hacking and Peer Review

How We Edit Science Part 2: Significance Testing, P-Hacking and Peer Review

This is the second part in a series on how we edit science, looking at hypothesis testing, the problem of p-hacking and how the peer review process works.

10 Free Online Science Courses to Learn a Little of Everything

10 Free Online Science Courses to Learn a Little of Everything

Free online courses to help you expand your mind in whatever directions you want.

Axios Review a failed experiment in outsourcing peer review?

Axios Review a failed experiment in outsourcing peer review?

Does the closing of @AxiosReview portend the end of independent peer review, or just the wrong business model?

What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding

What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding

As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.

SciScope.Net - Share, Vote and Enjoy Microscope Photography

SciScope.Net - Share, Vote and Enjoy Microscope Photography

Join the online community to share, enjoy and vote the art of science. Share scientific images and participate in microscope photography competitions.

Citation Cartels ad The Mafia of Scientific Publishing

Citation Cartels ad The Mafia of Scientific Publishing

Citation cartels are groups of researchers and journals that team up with the specific intent of affecting the number of citations their publications receive.

The FDA Chief Must Not Be a Proxy for Industry

The FDA Chief Must Not Be a Proxy for Industry

Trump’s pick for the US regulatory agency will bring experience and a clear vision — as well as ties to industry.

First UK Licence to Create Three-Person Baby Granted by Fertility Regulator

First UK Licence to Create Three-Person Baby Granted by Fertility Regulator

IVF technique uses DNA from three people to prevent genetic diseases being passed on, and could be offered by Newcastle clinic from this summer.

Behind the Media Lab’s $250,000 Disobedience Award

Behind the Media Lab’s $250,000 Disobedience Award

Diverse and controversial opinions are “a hallmark of MIT,” says director of MIT Media Lab.