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Climate Change Poses Major Threat to U.S., New Government Report Concludes

Climate Change Poses Major Threat to U.S., New Government Report Concludes

Climate already affecting communities, and effects will get worse without action. The new report is designed to be “policy relevant,” but does not make specific policy recommendations, federal officials associated with the U.S. Global Change Research Program noted.

We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz

We Scientists 2035 Workshop Day - with Jacques Dubochet | 7 Feb 2019 | Veranstaltung | Naturwissenschaften Schweiz

Do you work in a scientific research institution? Are you frustrated with aspects of current research culture, such as the pressure to "publish or perish", the reproducibility crisis, climbing the academic ladder and persistent gender biases? Do you want to shape the culture that you work in? Join us on the 7th of February, 2019 at the University of Lausanne for an afternoon of "We Scientists 2035 Workshops". Let's make small changes today for a better research culture tomorrow!

The European Open Science Cloud is Officially Launched

The European Open Science Cloud is Officially Launched

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is officially launched. The inauguration marks the conclusion of a long process, demonstrates the importance of EOSC for the advancement of research in Europe and introduces the new EOSC Portal.

AI Peer Reviewers Unleashed to Ease Publishing Grind

AI Peer Reviewers Unleashed to Ease Publishing Grind

Automated tools could speed up and improve the review process, but humans are still in the driving seat. Most researchers have good reason to grumble about peer review: it is time-consuming and error-prone, and the workload is unevenly spread, with just 20% of scientists taking on most reviews. Now peer review by artificial intelligence (AI) is promising to improve the process, boost the quality of published papers — and save reviewers time.

Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing

Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing

Ideas in support of an upward trend in universities and academics setting up their own presses in an environment increasingly dominated by large commercial publishing houses.

Science Communication Is Not an End in Itself: (Dis)Assembling the Science Festival

Science Communication Is Not an End in Itself: (Dis)Assembling the Science Festival

Much science communication research focuses on how science is represented and how science communication products are consumed. This article instead explores the production of a set of science communication projects, arguing that actor-network theory (ANT) can be one possible tool for such research.

Open is Not Enough

Open is Not Enough

The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.

Climate Protests Shut Down Five London Bridges

Climate Protests Shut Down Five London Bridges

Bridges in London were forced to close Saturday because of protests against climate change organized by a group called Extinction Rebellion.

Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories

Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories

Transparency and reproducibility, reuse, and credit are three key reasons why data sharing and data citation are important for scientific progress.

The Good, the Bad, and the Expensive

The Good, the Bad, and the Expensive

In her Crossref LIVE18 Keynote speech this week, Coko's Kristen Ratan questioned the sense of the industry's continuing resignation to being locked in to costly, print-based, outdated workflows and technologies (some of which are now owned by competitor publishers). "Publishers are mired in print p

Brazil's New Foreign Minister Believes Climate Change is a Marxist Plot

Brazil's New Foreign Minister Believes Climate Change is a Marxist Plot

Ernesto Araújo has called climate science 'dogma' and bemoaned the 'criminalisation' of red meat, oil and heterosexual sex

Open Letter on Plan S to the European Commission and Research Funders

Open Letter on Plan S to the European Commission and Research Funders

The Young Academy of Sweden agrees that results from publicly funded science should be open and accessible, but needs a predictable system for dissemination of scientific findings, a system which remains robust over time and which has acceptance within the science community.

OASPA Open Science Webinar: November 29th

OASPA Open Science Webinar: November 29th

This webinar provides a viewpoint on open science and publishing from the perspective of researchers and those involved in outreach and policy for research communication at institutions and on the European Open Science Policy Platform. What is open science for them, how does it relate to open access and publishing, and what role do they and publishers have in the shift towards open science?

Financial Times Tool Warns if Articles Quote Too Many Men

Financial Times Tool Warns if Articles Quote Too Many Men

The Financial Times is automatically warning its journalists if their articles quote too many men, in an attempt to force writers to look for expert women to include in their pieces.

New Report Shows Colleges How to Bridge the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and the Work Force

New Report Shows Colleges How to Bridge the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and the Work Force

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.

7 Female Science YouTubers That Are Breaking STEM Glass Ceilings

7 Female Science YouTubers That Are Breaking STEM Glass Ceilings

At IE, we are proud to celebrate women in STEM and in that spirit we have combined a list of our favorite seven female-lead YouTube science shows! You go girls!

Orban's Government Vs. The Social Sciences

Orban's Government Vs. The Social Sciences

A public talk that a PhD student, Orsolya Vasarhelyi, and I were scheduled to give on November 8, 2018 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' (HAS) "Hungarian Day of Science" was censored by the Academy's deputy secretary-general Beáta Mária Barnabás. In English, our talk's title could be translated

How Science Fared in the Midterm Elections

How Science Fared in the Midterm Elections

This year, more candidates with degrees in science, medicine and engineering ran for Congress than ever before. Of the nearly two-dozen new candidates in this crop, at least seven won seats in the House of Representatives.

EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition

EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition

The EUA Council adopted a statement expressing its concern about the lack of transparency and competition in the scholarly publishing business sector in Europe.