A Machiavellian Guide to Getting Ahead in Academia
Rogier Creemers advises early career academics to be ruthless and put themselves first to move up the ladder.
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The Trump Administration's War on Science Agencies Threatens the Nation's Health and Safety
The Replication Crisis in Science
There have been two distinct responses to the replication crisis – by instituting measures like registered reports and by making data openly available. But another group continues to remain in denial.
There Is No Ban on Words at the CDC. But What’s Actually Happening to Science Is Scarier.
There Is No Ban on Words at the CDC. But What’s Actually Happening to Science Is Scarier.
They’re not hiding behind language - they’re acting in plain sight.
The Relative Influences of Government Funding and International Collaboration on Citation Impact
Reply to Arguelles and Arguelles-Prieto, "Are the Editors Responsible for Our Obsession with the Impact Factor?"
Maryam Mirzakhani Drew Her Way to Mathematical Greatness
Maryam Mirzakhani was a mathematician, but worked like an artist, always drawing.
Precision Medical Treatments Have A Quality Control Problem
The goal is to customize treatments for cancer and other diseases to a patient's own biology. But something as simple as failing to take care of tissue samples en route to the lab can derail that.
Policy Considerations for Random Allocation of Research Funds
Towards a fully-fledged policy proposal, including issues of cost and fairness.
Authorship and Team Science
Ensuring appropriate credit and recognition in increasingly collaborative research involving multiple investigators and research groups.
Top Ten Tips to Kick-Start Your Career in 2018
Scientists and career experts reveal how to take your job to the next level.
How Diy Communities Are Pushing the Frontiers of Science
Lucy Patterson reports back from Science Hack Day Berlin.
The Young and the Restless
Initiatives are in place to keep early-career investigators in the biomedical system, but more support is needed.
The Statistician Who Believed in Miracles
Thomas Bayes had the right idea: Even scientific laws can benefit from an update.
ERCcOMICS
ERCcOMICS is a creative and ambitious project which exploits the power of visual storytelling to innovate the way European science is communicated.
Scientists Tainted by Misconduct of Former Collaborators
The stigma has a punitive effect on citations for prior collaborators of fraudulent researchers.
US Government Lifts Ban on Risky Pathogen Research
The National Institutes of Health will again fund research that makes viruses more dangerous.
Want to Win a Nobel Prize? Retract a Paper. Really!
This advice is both hyperbolic and not nearly as crazy as it sounds.
Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist
7 Science Stories in 2017 That Made Us Go, "Whoa, That's Awesome"
The news that lifted our existential dread.
The Year in Review: 2017 On The Scholarly Kitchen
A statistical look back at the year in The Scholarly Kitchen.
Commission to Scientists: Stop Ruining Our Copyright Plans With Your Facts and Your Research!
Commission to Scientists: Stop Ruining Our Copyright Plans With Your Facts and Your Research!
A 30 page paper panning the Commission’s copyright plans on press publishers written by JRC never saw the light of the day.
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