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Lessons from History for the Future of Work

Lessons from History for the Future of Work

Global comparisons of previous social and economic upheavals suggest that what is to come depends on where you are now, argues Robert C. Allen.

Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding

Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding

Philanthropy’s no replacement for crucial government science funding, but that message can get lost amid the high-profile gifts. Some science funders are now backing a push to protect federal funding.

Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About 'Paid Journals'

Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About 'Paid Journals'

A "completely confusing statement" in a gazette notification has scientists wondering which of their papers will and won't be considered towards their promotions in the future.

A Very Quick Intro to Blockchain and Open Scholarship

A Very Quick Intro to Blockchain and Open Scholarship

Everybody talks about Blockchain these days, but why should we consider this technology when thinking about Open Scholarship?

Publons New Index Reveals Who is Doing Lion's Share of Peer Review

Publons New Index Reveals Who is Doing Lion's Share of Peer Review

Publons new Review Distribution Index reveals that a small proportion of reviewers do the lion's share of the peer review.

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

British researchers funded under Horizon 2020 will lose their grants if the UK stops allowing freedom of movement at any point during the length of their projects.

Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

A call on research organizations and their libraries to secure and earmark a share of their acquisition budgets to support the development of scientific publishing activities.

ResearchGate and Springer Nature Plan Cooperation

ResearchGate and Springer Nature Plan Cooperation

ResearchGate and Springer Nature have been in serious discussions for some time about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights.

A 2017 Nobel Laureate Left Science Because He Ran Out of Money

A 2017 Nobel Laureate Left Science Because He Ran Out of Money

Back in 2008, Jeffrey Hall said "recent applications from our lab have had their lungs ripped out, often accompanied by sneering, personal denunciations."

Three Men Just Won a Nobel Prize for the Work of More Than a Thousand People

Three Men Just Won a Nobel Prize for the Work of More Than a Thousand People

1 experiment. 1,011 people. Here's the full list of the legion of the unsung.

Google’s AI chief says forget Elon Musk’s killer robots, and worry about bias in AI systems instead

Google’s AI chief says forget Elon Musk’s killer robots, and worry about bias in AI systems instead

John Giannandrea, who leads AI at Google, is worried John Giannandrea, who leads AI at Google, is worried about intelligent systems learning human prejudices.about intelligent systems learning human prejudices.

Why Can Elsevier Keep Insulting Scholars without Consequences?

Why Can Elsevier Keep Insulting Scholars without Consequences?

Academic publishers in general and Elsevier in particular have a reputation for their ruthless profiteering, using professional negotiators pitting hapless librarians against their own faculty.

AI Could Tell You When You're About to Get Sick

AI Could Tell You When You're About to Get Sick

An audacious Chinese entrepreneur wants to test your body for everything. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?

Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review? 

Should Scientists Be Posting Their Work Online Before Peer Review? 

Opinions are divided on whether the surge in popularity of pre-prints represent a field-wide disaster or the coming of a populist revolution.