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What, You Can’t Tell Two Lemurs Apart? Computers Can
New software that sees spots and stripes are helping biologists track animals in the wild without the tranquilizer guns and radio collars.
AI Learns to Write Its Own Code by Stealing From Other Programs
Software called DeepCoder has solved simple programming challenges by piecing together bits of borrowed code.
New Algorithm Hopes to Counter Potential Bias on Panels
Mathematical model works by trying to remove skewing of results in group funding decisions
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
Publication Ban Affects Former Collaborators
When firing Allen Braun, the NIDCD also barred his colleagues from publishing data collected over a 25-year period.
Why Scientists Shouldn’t Replicate Their Own Work
For a career-minded scientist, to fail to replicate your own work is worse than never doing the replication at all.
U.S. Researchers Guilty of Misconduct Later Won More Than $100 Million in NIH Grants
U.S. Researchers Guilty of Misconduct Later Won More Than $100 Million in NIH Grants
New study sheds new light on impact of federal sanctions.
Learn From Canada's Dark Age of Science
Lessons to US scientists in how to protect scientific integrity under US President Donald Trump.
Robots and AI could soon have feelings, hopes and rights
We have long believed ourselves to be the only intelligent beings on Earth – that may soon change and the consequences will be dramatic for law, politics and society in general.
In Finland, Kids Learn Computer Science Without Computers
Students can learn the basics with a set of knitting needles.
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Two Top Chinese-American Scientists Have Dropped Their US Citizenship
China gets bragging rights to two more internationally recognized researchers
Climate Scientists Face Harassment, Threats and Fears of 'McCarthyist Attacks'
Researchers will have to deal with attacks from a range of powerful foes in the coming years – and for many, it has already started.
Why This Robot Ethicist Trusts Technology More Than Humans
MIT’s Kate Darling, who writes the rules of human-robot interaction, says an AI-enabled apocalypse should be the least of our concerns.
Who Has All the Content? A Taxonomy of Services
Several services attempt to gather up “all” of the content across publishers. This post provides an overview and taxonomy.
Figuring out a Handshake
A solution to fix the replication crisis in science: why do scientists not simply sell what they learn from their research?
Got "Significosis?" Here Are the Five Diseases of Academic Publishing
How to prevent, diagnose, and treat the five diseases of academic publishing.
Reproducible Data-Driven Discovery
Chronicle of a two-day workshop curriculum to teach reproducible research using an interactive computational environment.
Putting Evidence to Work for Policymakers
Although scientists often are urged to share their expertise with policymakers, the idea that evidence should drive policy is not always accepted.
No Publication Without Confirmation
Proposing a new kind of paper that combines the flexibility of basic research with the rigour of clinical trials.
China Is Funding Baidu to Take on the US in Deep-Learning Research
Beijing is ready for the US to stop taking all the credit on AI advancements.
Emory Receives $1.2 Million to Shape Future of Scholarly Publishing
Emory College of Arts and Sciences has launched a $1.2 million effort that positions it to be a national leader in the future of scholarly publishing. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is funding the multiyear initiative to support long-form, open-access publications in the humanities in partnership with university presses.
Researchers Should Reach Beyond the Science Bubble
Scientists ought to address the needs and employment prospects of taxpayers who have seen little benefit from scientific advances.
Forecasting the Growth of Preprints in Biology
Funders, scientists, and journal editors will continue to play vital roles in defining a communication system that embraces both modern technology and the human need for curation.
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