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Communications Expert Advises How Science Should Respond to Fake News

Communications Expert Advises How Science Should Respond to Fake News

The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics recently, but fake news is not at all new in the world of science.

How Bidding for Publishing Services Could Lower Academic Journal Costs

How Bidding for Publishing Services Could Lower Academic Journal Costs

Why journal publishing should be upended from the current model, in which institutions pay publishers for access to content, to one in which the academic community pays for services to publish content and retains ownership of research.

Concerns Regarding the ASAPbio Central Service and Center

Concerns Regarding the ASAPbio Central Service and Center

Preprints are clearly the future of scientific communication, but currently face multiple obstacles.

Why This Robot Ethicist Trusts Technology More Than Humans

Why This Robot Ethicist Trusts Technology More Than Humans

MIT’s Kate Darling, who writes the rules of human-robot interaction, says an AI-enabled apocalypse should be the least of our concerns.

Robots and AI could soon have feelings, hopes and rights

Robots and AI could soon have feelings, hopes and rights

We have long believed ourselves to be the only intelligent beings on Earth – that may soon change and the consequences will be dramatic for law, politics and society in general.

Hybrid Open Access Is Unreliable

Hybrid Open Access Is Unreliable

In February 2017, when Elsevier were accused of selling one paid-for hybrid open access article, at first they sowed doubt about it, then three days later admitted it to be true.

Scientists Aren't Happy with Trump. So What Are They Going to Do About It?

Scientists Aren't Happy with Trump. So What Are They Going to Do About It?

"Donald Trump is going to be the gateway drug for scientists being engaged in policy."

Forecasting the Growth of Preprints in Biology

Forecasting the Growth of Preprints in Biology

 Funders, scientists, and journal editors will continue to play vital roles in defining a communication system that embraces both modern technology and the human need for curation.