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In theory, science isn't just self-interested. We're all driven by curiosity and pure motives to strive together to unlock the secrets of the universe and solve problems.But it's for others to determine whether or not we've unlocked or solved anything.
How to comply with funders' open access policies
Navigating the various requirements can be difficult and time consuming for authors. Every funding agency seems to have slightly different specifics to their OA policies and each paper has multiple authors with multiple funding agencies supporting their research.
Awesome public datasets
An awesome list of (large-scale) public datasets on the Internet. (On-going collection)
'Living figures' Make Their Debut
'Living figures' Make Their Debut
Published chart integrates data from outside scientists.
Wanted: staff-scientist positions for postdocs
Nature readers favour creating more secure jobs to fix science’s broken postdoctoral system.
Rule rewrite aims to clean up scientific software
Nature Biotechnology asks peer reviewers to check accessibility of code used in computational studies.
California unveils 'precision-medicine' project
The $3-million state initiative will coordinate with a national effort to promote individualized patient treatment.
Prof, no one is reading you
An average academic journal article is read in its entirety by about 10 people. To shape policy, professors should start penning commentaries in popular media.
A simple way to pay for science research?
The internet has radically changed most forms of communication, government and business – why not science and research funding too?
"In Zukunft erhält bei uns jeder Doktorand einen Vertrag"
How the Max-Planck Society (MPS) wants to improve the condition of PhDs. Interview with Martin Stratmann, President of the MPS.
Leading scientists favour women in tenure-track hiring test
US science and engineering professors preferred female job candidates by two to one.
Is peer review just a crapshoot?
How do reviewer recommendations influence editor decisions? And are Chinese authors treated fairly?
Don't think Open Access is important? It might have prevented much of the Ebola outbreak
Don't think Open Access is important? It might have prevented much of the Ebola outbreak
Open access isn't just some "free culture" refrain. It really matters and can save lives.
When Open Access is the norm, how do scientists work together online?
The Web was invented to enable scientists to collaborate.
Other shoe drops for MIT cancer researcher Robert Weinberg as Cell retraction appears
Robert Weinberg, a prominent cancer scientist whose papers often notch hundreds or thousands of citations, has lost a fourth paper, this time a 2009 publication in Cell.
The future of the postdoc
There is a growing number of postdocs and few places in academia for them to go. But change could be on the way.
Former Columbia postdoc faked Alzheimer's research in Cell and Nature
The Cell paper has been cited 150 times, according to Web of Science, while the Nature paper has been cited 40. The Nature paper has not yet been retracted.
How the NIH, FDA, CDC, AHRQ & ASPR guidelines will define open science
Institutional public access plans for Open Science.
ORCID Receives a $3 Million Grant to Build International Engagement Capacity
ORCID has been awarded an 18-month, $3 million grant by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop the infrastructure and capacity to support international adoption and technical integration of ORCID identifiers.
The history and future of funding for scientific research
For half a century, the government funded research. Times are changing.
Reward bioinformaticians
Biological data will continue to pile up unless those who analyse it are recognized as creative collaborators in need of career paths, says Jeffrey Chang.
Valley of the dudes
Tech firms can banish sexism without sacrificing the culture that made them successful.
How do we solve science's 'credibility problem'?
In recent years science has entered a crisis of trust. The results of many scientific experiments appear to be surprisingly hard to reproduce, while mistakes have highlighted flaws in the peer review system.