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Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

When AI tools are designed with a gender, they don't just encode gendered values they also encourage users to engage with them in biased ways.

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

A proposed overhaul of US federal grant rules has been debated mainly as a fight over political control of science. But, Rob Johnson argues, it would also reshape how publicly funded research is communicated and shared across borders, with consequences far beyond the United States.


 

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR) is a new international peer reviewed journal that publishes commentaries, reviews, article and analyses of research management, governance, dissemination, practice, theory and assessment.

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. 

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

Tool Flags Suspicious Journals Before Researchers Submit Papers

The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

First and Last Authors More Likely to Be Men in Leading Science Journals

Women's participation in science has risen sharply, but a Nature Index analysis finds that gender gaps in first and last authorship - markers of key scientific achievements - have barely shifted over the past decade.

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers

New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers

Queen Mary University researchers have developed a new AI-powered framework designed to help scientists review and analyse vast amounts of literature faster, more transparently, and with greater human oversight.

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

White House Proposes Sweeping Changes to Grantmaking Process

A new rule would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international collaboration, limit funding for publication fees, and make other alterations to the funding review process.

A Rule That Would Rewrite the Terms of U.S. Science

A Rule That Would Rewrite the Terms of U.S. Science

The Office of Management and Budget has proposed sweeping revisions to the regulations that govern all federal grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of federal financial assistance.

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

White House Proposes Vast Overhaul of US Science Funding: What You Need to Know

The Trump administration's proposal aims to improve transparency in federal funding, but critics fear the proposed rules would politicize research