Top 20 things politicians need to know about science
British and Australian scientists compile a list of tips to help policy makers better understand the 'imperfect nature of science'
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The risks of the replication drive
The push to replicate findings could shelve promising research and unfairly damage the reputations of careful, meticulous scientists, says Mina Bissell.
Understanding science's closures
Rather than simply demanding more open science, we should remember closure is a quite normal part of science, and instead look in detail at what's closing, when, why and to whom?
Research needs more poetry, not more cash
Research needs more poetry, not more cash
'Big money' grants foster 'bookkeeping' work at the expense of small-scale but potentially groundbreaking efforts, says Gary Thomas
Lessons for the STEM fields
Lessons for the STEM fields
Improving U.S. education in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — has become a popular cause.
Science funding and the value of science investigation and education
"We must put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade." These were the words spoken in 1961 to Congress by the late President John F.Kennedy, who fifty years ago this month was struck down by an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
The missing piece to changing the university culture
A new type of initiative is empowering graduate students and postdocs to reshape their academic training, providing another avenue to express their passion for research.
Implausible results in human nutrition research
Definitive solutions won’t come from another million observational papers or small randomized trials by John P A Ioannidis
Directory of Professors of the Swiss Universities
By the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS), in cooperation with the Switzerland’s higher education institutions.
Openness on animal research
Ca. 50 organisations involved with life science in the UK agreed to develop a Concordat that sets out how they will be more open about the ways in which they use animals in scientific, medical or veterinary research in the UK.
Preprints come to life
What are biologists so afraid of? Physicists, mathematicians and social scientists routinely post their research to preprint servers such as arXiv.org before publication, yet few life scientists follow suit. A website that goes live this week is hoping to change that.
US international student intake reaches record high
The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report.
Global innovation initiative launched
US and UK governments have launched the Global Innovation Initiative, a grant competition created to strengthen higher education research partnerships between the U.S., the UK and selected countries (Brazil, China, India and Indonesia).
Large NIH projects cut
Big science is under big pressure at the NIH. Gone are the glory days of the early 2000s, when a doubling of the agency's budget over five years allowed it to establish dozens of programmes with their own large, dedicated budgets.
White House unveils big data projects, round two
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Networking and Information Technology R&D program (NITRD) on Tuesday introduced a slew of new big-data collaboration projects aimed at stimulating private-sector interest in federal data.
Le MIT recherche des jeunes Français à haut potentiel
Lancée par le Massachussets Institute of Technology , la deuxième édition du MIT 35 débute ce mardi.
Could it work?
Crowdfunding has energised public and private sectors, says Didier Schmitt – could it reconnect science and society too?
Making research more visible
A post highlighting some policy goals and showing how the incentive system for publishing could easily be made into an important tool for achieving them.
Two dirty secrets about science funding
There's a little-known dirty secret in science funding; prior to World War II and the Manhattan Project, the overwhelming majority of basic research was done by corporations. Thus, the tanks, planes, materials advancements and everything else were created by the private sector.
The end of written grant applications: Let's use a formula
Hours spent writing grant applications could be spent actually doing research with a grant-determining formula.
SpotOn Conference London 2013
SpotOn Conference London 2013
A collection of talks given last week at the London SpotOn conference 2013 on science communication and peer review.
Personal Genome Project
Personal Genome Project
Sharing data is critical to scientific progress, but has been hampered by traditional research practices-our approach is to invite willing participants to publicly share their personal data for the greater good.
Research blogs and the discussion of scholarly information
The research blog has become a popular mechanism for the quick discussion of scholarly information. However, the characteristics of this form of scientific discourse are not well understood, for example in terms of the spread of blogger levels of education, gender and institutional affiliations.
What Happened to Science and Research Funding?
What Happened to Science and Research Funding?
A brief history of science funding.
Sex and gender analysis policies of major granting agencies
A variety of international, national, and private granting organizations require sex and gender analysis.
How an average scientist makes himself visible
How an average scientist makes himself visible
A presentation given at North Carolina State University regarding how scientists, early in their careers, can take advantage of the online tools available today.
Senator Warren Says Fighting for Science Is a Top Priority
The only U.S. senator to receive a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) says one of her top priorities in her first term is to increase federal support for academic research and eliminate restrictions on NSF funding for political science research.
SpotOn London 2013
Join us at this year's SpotOn London conference on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November. Now celebrating its sixth year, SpotOn London is an annual two-day conference hosted by Nature Publishing Group for anyone interested in how science is communicated and carried out online.
David Nutt wins the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science
Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest.
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