The 9 Best Academic Blogs
Academic cultural critique is best served in blog form and there are a slew of academic blogs waiting to dish. We’ve picked 9 of the best academic blogs.
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In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
China is taking the idea of a credit score to the extreme, using big data to track and rank what you do - your purchases, your pastimes, your mistakes.
Grad Tuition Waiver Tax Dead, Student Loan Interest Deduction Saved in Final GOP Bill
The Hard Math Behind Bitcoin's Global Warming Problem
Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020.
The Science That's Never Been Cited
Nature investigates how many papers really end up without a single citation.
Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance
Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance
The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.
Attitudes and Experience Amongst Editors, Authors and Reviewers
Overall satisfaction with the peer review system used by scholarly journals seems to strongly vary across disciplines.
Breaking the Web and Killing Innovation
Even lobbyists admit that’s the plan behind the extra EU copyright for news.
Is the UK’s Approach to Open Access Sustainable?
Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis.
Nine Researchers Sue University of Rochester Over Sexual-Harassment Allegations
Lawsuit alleges that the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger.
I Spoke Up Against My Harasser — and Paid a Steep Price
Professional isolation and stress-induced illness during a protracted investigation leave a survivor to wonder: Would keeping quiet have been the wiser choice?
My Children Make Me a Better Scientist
Having children can offer unique career benefits, this scientist writes.
A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores
Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.
Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
The latest report of the Knowledge Exchange initiative presents an overview and a synthesis of the evolving landscape of "Federated Research Data Infrastructures".
Busting Text Data Mining Myths & Misunderstandings
A broad TDM Exception is important for everyone (not just researchers), would boost Europe’s economy and doesn’t mean that publishers would lose money.
Nature’s Editor to Step Down after 22 Years in Charge
Philip Campbell to continue at publisher Springer Nature.
Humans Run Experiments, a Robot Writes the Paper
The future of automated scientific writing is upon us—and that's a good thing.
An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine
As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment from Nautilus magazine for a collective debt totalling $50,000. Some of us have been waiting to be paid for more than a year.
Loss of Net Neutrality Could Harm Research
Moves to create a multi-speed Internet could push science into the slow lane.
How Can you Spot a Predatory Journal?
How can one discern if the paper that they are reading is from a predatory journal or not?
Estonia, the Digital Republic
Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future?
As of 2020 100% Open Access to SNSF-Funded Research
All publications produced in SNSF-funded projects freely available in digital format as of 2020.
Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist
FNR's Marc Schiltz Elected as New Science Europe President
Schiltz takes over the presidency from Michael Matlosz, who was President of the organisation from 2015 to 2017.
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