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Research Is Set up for Bullies to Thrive
Working conditions in academic labs encourage abusive supervision. It is time to improve monitoring of and penalties for abuse, says Sherry Moss.
High-Profile Journals Put to Reproducibility Test
Researchers replicated 62% of social-behaviour findings published in Science and Nature - a result matched almost exactly by a prediction market.
Massive GBP30-million Grant Will Be Awarded to One Cardiovascular Research Team
British Heart Foundation award is one of the largest single grants in medical research.
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Genetic analysis uncovers a direct descendant of two different groups of early humans.
Prioritize the Needs of the Audience When Giving a Presentation
Speakers inadvertently prepare presentations for themselves rather than their audiences. A few mental exercises can help presenters to avoid this pitfall.
No More Excuses for Non-Reproducible Methods
Online technologies make it easy to share precise experimental protocols - and doing so is essential to modern science, says Lenny Teytelman.
Referees Should Exercise Their Rights
Peer reviewers have the right to view the data and code that underlie a work if it would help in the evaluation, even if these have not been provided with the submission. Yet few referees exercise this right.
A Toolkit for Data Transparency Takes Shape
A simple software toolset can help to ease the pain of reproducing computational analyses.
Chief of Europe's 1-Billion EUR Brain Project Steps Down
Chris Ebell, who became director of the initiative in 2015, leaves after differences of opinion with the project’s lead institution.
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science
Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach.
Europe Pulls Together in Scientific Union
Smaller countries rely more on regional collaborations than on domestic interaction.
How to Pick an Electronic Laboratory Notebook
Choosing wisely from a burgeoning array of digital tools can help researchers to record experiments with ease.
Who Would You Share Your Funding With?
I want to see whether the wisdom of crowds does a better job than conventional grant review at supporting research, says Johan Bollen.
Japan Weighs the Value of Imported Academics
Foreign faculty in Japan are less productive than their local counterparts on many measures, but better connected to global collaborations.
Scientists Stunned as Medical Non-Profit Group Abruptly Ends Research Grants
The US-based March of Dimes says it revoked awards to 37 researchers as part of a shift in its funding priorities.
Why It Is Not a 'Failure' to Leave Academia
Here's how PhD students can prepare for different careers, and how lab heads can help.
Data Sharing and the Future of Science
Who benefits from sharing data? The scientists of future do, as data sharing today enables new science tomorrow. Far from being mere rehashes of old datasets, evidence shows that studies based on analyses of previously published data can achieve just as much impact as original projects.
'Science-Adjacent' Conferences and Why They Matter
The multidisciplinary conferences that use ‘science’ as an adjective can be a fantastic source of new collaborations and ideas.
Preprints Could Promote Confusion and Distortion
The scientific community must take measures to keep preprints from distorting the public’s understanding of science, says Tom Sheldon.
Track the Fate of Postdocs to Help the next Generation of Scientists
Data on the career paths of young researchers would help to guide the lost generation.
Dutch Publishing Giant Cuts off Researchers in Germany and Sweden
Negotiations with Elsevier have stalled over Open Access deals.
Germany's Prestigious Max Planck Society Investigates New Allegations of Abuse
Germany's Prestigious Max Planck Society Investigates New Allegations of Abuse
Anonymous survey of young scientists reveals fresh accusations of bullying and harassment at astrophysics institute.
Science Journals End Open-Access Trial with Gates Foundation
A pilot experiment has seen 26 papers published under open-access terms so far and should yield a report by the end of the year.
Software Beats Animal Tests at Predicting Toxicity of Chemicals
Machine learning on mountain of safety data improves automated assessments.
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