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Five Selfish Reasons to Work Reproducibly

Five Selfish Reasons to Work Reproducibly

And so, my fellow scientists: ask not what you can do for reproducibility; ask what reproducibility can do for you! Here, I present five reasons why working reproducibly pays off in the long run and is in the self-interest of every ambitious, career-oriented scientist.

100 Women 2015: How can we stop unconscious bias?

100 Women 2015: How can we stop unconscious bias?

We can't avoid making snap decisions about other people. Or can we?

7 facts about a revolutionary technology

7 facts about a revolutionary technology

What everyone should know about cut-and-paste genetics.

Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial

Italian scientists slam selection of stem-cell trial

Italian politicians have kindled the wrath of some biomedical scientists by hand-picking a stem-cell clinical trial for funding.

Tradition and innovation in scientists' research strategies

Tradition and innovation in scientists' research strategies

An analysis of the essential tension identifies institutional forces that sustain tradition and suggestions of policy interventions to foster innovation.

The distribution of probability values in medical abstracts

The distribution of probability values in medical abstracts

The distribution of p-values in reported medical abstracts provides evidence for systematic error in the reporting of p-values..

'Good' settlement for science may come with strings

'Good' settlement for science may come with strings

Science budget will rise with inflation amid cuts elsewhere, following government spending review.

Albert Einstein and relativity in the pages of The Times

Albert Einstein and relativity in the pages of The Times

One hundred years after Albert Einstein made public his theory of general relativity, many of us struggle to understand it.

The establishment of an Open Science policy platform

The establishment of an Open Science policy platform

The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation intends to set-up an Open Science Policy Platform to develop open science policy through a structured discussion with the main stakeholders.

rOpenSci announces $2.9M award from the Helmsley Charitable Trust

rOpenSci announces $2.9M award from the Helmsley Charitable Trust

rOpenSci, whose mission is to develop and maintain sustainable software tools that allow researchers to access, visualize, document, and publish open data on the Web, has been awarded a grant of nearly $2.9 million over 3 years from The Helmsley Charitable Trust.

Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen resurface after being shut down

Sci-Hub, BookFi and LibGen resurface after being shut down

Though several large online repositories of free books and academic articles were pulled offline, they are not planning to cease their activities and are continuing their operations through alternative domains and on the dark web.

Elsevier leads the business the internet could not kill

Elsevier leads the business the internet could not kill

The web had been created to bring academics together; now it offered them a way of sharing their research online for free.

Reinventing science's social contract in the 21st century

Reinventing science's social contract in the 21st century

Public funding made available for research after the WWII were expected to lead to industrial development, economic growth, and a general improvement of living standards. Yet, this model has been questioned for a few year.

A short (personal) future history of revolution 2.0

A short (personal) future history of revolution 2.0

It is not an insult when others try to replicate our research—it is standard science