The DNA sequencing giant will launch a new company, Grail, to develop blood tests to detect cancer.

A few years back, I asked two colleagues for letters of support for my grant proposal. One colleague drafted a letter personally. The other, citing heavy time pressures, asked me to draft the letter myself.

Some papers cite the retracted work to examine the retraction itself. Others may simply be pointing out that the findings of a withdrawn paper have been proven false.

Space missions, carbon capture and gravitational waves are set to shape the year.

Edge annual question: what do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?

What actually is "academic freedom"?

Participating in open and signed post-publication peer review may not be so bad for your career after all.

The first Bad Metric award will be made in April 2016. Nominations are open now.

Michael Eisen recently announced his new website, which features a new publication list that doesn’t mention journal names anywhere.

What everyone should know about cut-and-paste genetics.

What's the difference between ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and the institutional repository?

We can't avoid making snap decisions about other people. Or can we?

One hundred years after Albert Einstein made public his theory of general relativity, many of us struggle to understand it.

Introducing a brand new concept in academic publishing and scholarly communication, combining the best features of journals and books.

Meta Research Innovation Center at Stanford conference 2015 presentations on data transparency, open science, and reproducibility.

OpenCon2015 posters and talks on innovations in science communication and open science.

The International Council for Science announced Thursday the addition of a "Seek Funding" step to the scientific method.

Lesser-known and junior colleagues helped the great physicist to piece together his general theory of relativity, explain Michel Janssen and Jürgen Renn.

A Reddit "Ask Me Anything" series on research reproducibility.

Single-observation, story-free, triple-blinded peer-review publication model aims to be the next-generation science journal.

Semantic Scholar comes from centre backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

DIY, accessible, tech-based solutions for people around the world

ORCID has announced the launch of Auto-Update functionality, in collaboration with Crossref and DataCite.

"The internet has changed everything and people are simply no longer willing to pay $30 to read a paper from 1987."

Essay triggers lively arguments over how basic science should be funded.

OpenCon 2015 will feature leading speakers from across the Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data movements including Mike Eisen (PLoS) and Jimmy Wales (Founder Wikimedia).

A timeline showing the major milestones in 10 years of Open Access at the Wellcome Trust.

A PLOS podcast dedicated to interviews with innovators and thought leaders on scholarly publishing developments, the future of academia and the changing experiences of scientists.

Why is blue sky science being defunded?

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