Cornell Food Researcher's Downfall Raises Larger Questions For Science
The fall of a prominent food and marketing researcher may be a cautionary tale for scientists who are tempted to manipulate data and chase headlines.
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Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science.
Facts, risks and emotions
Has journalism and science communication crossed a line?
No More First Authors, No More Last Authors
If we really want transdisciplinary research, we must ditch the ordered listing of authors that stalls collaborative science.
Are Research Infrastructures the Answer to All Our Problems?
Embracing a global view of EU research infrastructures could boost science diplomacy and break down walls put up by divisive politics. But new rules on cooperation and more funding are needed to deliver the vision.
Skepticism Surrounds Renowned Mathematician
The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century.
Open Data and Data Management: Oct 29
The SCNAT is organizing this one day event in Bern, with the aim to give the research community the chance to raise their concern and also the SNF and the European Commission to present their view and to inform about recent trends. The workshop should provide recommendations on how to implement the open data requirements.
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Marine biologists are using artificial intelligence to help them identify objects in millions of images.
The Impact of AI on Work: Implications for Individuals, Communities, and Societies
The Impact of AI on Work: Implications for Individuals, Communities, and Societies
The impact of AI technologies on work and working life, and renewed public and policy debates about automation and the future of work.
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Respect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration.
The Lawyer Who Became a Scientist to Find a Cure for Her Fatal Disease
When Sonia Vallabh found out she was likely to develop a terminal brain disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, changed careers to find a cure.
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
A few tips and tricks for both doing your best on the application and making it through the process with your self esteem intact.
More and More Scientists Are Preregistering Their Studies. Should You?
Declaring in advance what you're going to study, and how, helps avoid p-hacking and publication bias.
Will Blockchain Revolutionise the Internet of Things
Blockchain technology is essentially a secure, distributed ledger that can serve as the foundation for many systems. It’s strange to think that something
Cochrane Collaboration Expels Cofounder, Prompts Resignations
Physician Peter Gotzsche, a board member of the organization, has been an outspoken critic of certain vaccines and of the pharma industry in general.
Top US Science Agency Unveils Hotly Anticipated Harassment Policy
The National Science Foundation's rules for reporting harassment by grant recipients are the strictest yet instituted by a US government science agency.
ETH Zurich Spin-out Auterion Raises $10M to Disrupt the Drone Industry
How has this Swiss start-up attracted some of the world's top investors? Could Auterion's success be attributed to just 3 success factors?
Gender Gap in Engineering
The Swiss Science Council reports that according to recent statistics, the gender gap in the technical sciences and engineering fields is still disproportionately high in Europe and North America. European countries with high-income have a surprisingly low proportion of female engineers in research and industry, in comparison to developing countries like Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia and Latin America.
Beyond Impact Factor, H-Index and University Rankings: Evaluate Science in More Meaningful Ways
Beyond Impact Factor, H-Index and University Rankings: Evaluate Science in More Meaningful Ways
Swiss Academy of Sciences conference on metrics and assessment.
The State and Evolution of Gold Open Access: A Country Level Analysis
A large-scale analysis of the state of open access pulising across various countries from 1990 to 2016.
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
The implications of a simultaneous redirection of the big publishers' business strategy towards open access business models and the acquisition of scholarly infrastructure utilizing the conceptual framework of rent-seeking theory.
Code Ocean: Discover & Run Scientific Code
Code Ocean is a cloud-based computational reproducibility platform that provides researchers and developers an easy way to share, discover and run code published in academic journals and conferences.
Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?
Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.
Meta-analyses Were Supposed to End Scientific Debates. Often, They Only Cause More Controversy
Meta-analyses Were Supposed to End Scientific Debates. Often, They Only Cause More Controversy
Compiling the evidence from dozens of studies doesn't always bring clarity.
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