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High-Quality Science Requires High-Quality Open Data Infrastructure

High-Quality Science Requires High-Quality Open Data Infrastructure

FAIRsharing.org: a series of open data resources and tools, and an outlet for the developers and maintainers of these resources to emphasize the approach they take to ensure the data they host and serve are increasingly FAIR.

Why Are There Few Women in Tech? Watch a Recruiting Session

Why Are There Few Women in Tech? Watch a Recruiting Session

New Stanford research shows how companies alienate women before they start working.

Why Scientists Love to Study Dogs (and Often Ignore Cats)

Why Scientists Love to Study Dogs (and Often Ignore Cats)

An inquiry into why research on the nature of dogs gets so much attention raises the question of whether there are actually more studies of dogs.

Open Philanthropy Project

Open Philanthropy Project

The Open Philanthropy Project’s mission is to give as effectively as we can and share our findings openly so that anyone can build on our work. Through research and grantmaking, we hope to learn how to make philanthropy go especially far in terms of improving lives.

Statcheck - a Spellchecker for Statistics

Statcheck - a Spellchecker for Statistics

A study has revealed a high prevalence of inconsistencies in reported statistical test results. Such inconsistencies make results unreliable, as they become “irreproducible”, and ultimately affect the level of trust in scientific reporting.

Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data

Read What You Are Looking For! ScienceOpen Integrates More Open Access Data

One of the biggest challenges for researchers is time. So when you find an abstract of interest and have just a moment to actually read, you need the full text right now. With our newest release, the ScienceOpen discovery environment incorporates open access data from Impactstory to provide researchers with more ways to read the …

20 Years Ago, Research Fraud Catalyzed the Anti-Vaccination Movement. Let’s Not Repeat History.

20 Years Ago, Research Fraud Catalyzed the Anti-Vaccination Movement. Let’s Not Repeat History.

How Andrew Wakefield’s shoddy science fueled autism-vaccine fears.

The Man Who Bottled Evolution

The Man Who Bottled Evolution

Thirty years ago, MSU researcher Richard Lenski added his now-famous bacteria to 12 inaugural flasks, a process he and his team of lab technicians and students have been repeating daily ever since.

Sliced And Diced: The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies

Sliced And Diced: The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies

Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data into headline-friendly studies to “go virally big time.”

Comments Please! Open Science Training Handbook

Comments Please! Open Science Training Handbook

Everyone who is interested in Open Science is invited to comment the first draft of an online handbook for Open Science trainers. The deadline for comments is 4 March 2018.

Women & Girls in Science: Working Together to Fix the Leaky Pipeline

Women & Girls in Science: Working Together to Fix the Leaky Pipeline

Currently, the biggest challenge facing women in science in Switzerland is the striking gender imbalance that exists at the highest rungs of the academic ladder.

Brilliant Scientific Discoveries We Have Badass Women to Thank For

Brilliant Scientific Discoveries We Have Badass Women to Thank For

Despite numerous push-backs and disregard from male colleagues, these women persevered to make some of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, paving the way for millions of young women and girls to enter what was traditionally a male-dominated industry.

As a Saudi Woman Scientist, I'm Tired of Negative Stereotypes

As a Saudi Woman Scientist, I'm Tired of Negative Stereotypes

I’ve encountered even more prejudice as a researcher from the Middle East than as a woman working in Saudi Arabia, says Malak Abedalthagafi.​

United States and South Korea the World’s Biggest Science Novelty Acts

United States and South Korea the World’s Biggest Science Novelty Acts

Tool that tallies engagement with new biomedical concepts seeks to reward novelty.  Switzerland has fallen considerably since the 1990s compared to other countries.

A “Work in Progress”? Public Engagement Is Now Part of the Uk Research Landscape but Challenges Remain

A “Work in Progress”? Public Engagement Is Now Part of the Uk Research Landscape but Challenges Remain

Funders of UK research have sought to foster a research culture in which public engagement is embedded at all levels.