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Utilization of the Crowd for Medical Research
Recently, some have begun to explore the utilization of the crowd for various purposes in medical research, including fundraising as well as crowdsourcing for intellectual analyses and insights.
Close to the madding crowd
To engage the public in your work, whilst also solving that all-important research funding problem?
French woman aged 91 gets PhD after 30 years
Colette Bourlier, who awarded a high distinction for her thesis on immigrant workers, said it took so long because she ‘took breaks’.
Saving Science from the Scientists, Part 2
Alok Jha examines the practices and cultures that can undermine the integrity of science.
The future of computing
The era of predictable improvement in computer hardware is ending. What comes next?
Credit where credit is due
When a commercial publisher re-uses images from your blog without permission or attribution.
As Wearables in Workplace Spread, So Do Legal Concerns
As wearable devices in the workplace spread, so do the legal concerns. Companies can now use the devices to monitor their employees’ health and track their locations. How should such technology be used to avoid legal problems?
Science vs. Science News: (Un)Warranted Distrust
Our reverence for science has led to a culture of "new findings" and sensationalistic headlines.
DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis on how AI will shape the future
DeepMind’s stunning victories over Go legend Lee Se-dol have stoked excitement over artificial intelligence’s potential more than any event in recent memory.
Women Also Know Stuff
Women Also Know Stuff is a website dedicated to promoting the work of women political scientists.
Help us integrate GitLab and the Open Science Framework
The Center for Open Science (COS) is funding the development of an integration between GitLab and the Open Science Framework (OSF).
The 20 best science images of the year?
From multicoloured scans of the human body, to vivid photos of creatures up close - the finalists of the annual Wellcome Image Awards.
Saving science from the scientists
Is science quite as scientific as it's supposed to be? After years of covering science in the news, Alok Jha began to wonder whether science is as rigorous as it should be.
Lab life: Lone-parent scientist : Naturejobs
Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers.
Is the peer-review system broken?
Is the peer-review system broken?
A look at the PLoS ONE paper on a hand designed by “the Creator”
The relative impact factor of glamour journals is 2.166
Tweets of articles from Cell, Nature and Science journals all resulted in 2.166 more times clicks on the journal title rather than the anonymized links.
Fire ants, goshawks and dog tongues. Oh my: the best of ScienceTake
ScienceTake 100th video: trying to offer compelling imagery, a glimpse at how science is done and answers to questions that are rarely asked.
Open Scholar C.I.C.
A not-for-profit organisation whose activities, assets and profits are dedicated to the purpose of providing benefit to the scientific community.
The 2016 Science|Business Horizon 2020 Conference
Webcasts of the 2016 Science|Business Horizon2020 conference: will its overall, annual budget be cut in this year's EU funding review?
THE University Workplace Survey 2016
Times Higher Education's poll shows that the bulk of staff find their work rewarding but there is a deep gulf between academics and professional and support staff.
Rapid Science
To promote and reward collaboration we’re developing a “C-score” that measures the quality and quantity of collaborators’ contributions to group efforts.,
Why is it so damn hard to get a paper retracted?
Despite the real-time scrutiny of internet publication, getting a paper retracted or corrected turns out to be nearly impossible.
Someone is showing what it'd be like if male scientists were written about like women
"A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels."
Faking it
In the face of routine rejection, many scientists must learn to cope with the insidious beast that is impostor syndrome.
Can too much science be a bad thing?
Growth in scientific publishing as a barrier to science communication.