Axes of Diversity and Peer Review
This post explores how diversity plays an important role in the peer review system.
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Switzerland to Broker €200M Science Project in the Western Balkans
Switzerland is to draw on its science diplomacy experience to help steer the construction and governance of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST), the first large research infrastructure in the Western Balkans.
Mathematicians Discover Music Really Can Be Infectious - Like a Virus
New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds
Gender pay, promotion gaps wider in academia than in industry, research shows
Gender pay, promotion gaps wider in academia than in industry, research shows
For women in science and engineering, careers in the academic world tend to appeal for their flexibility and potential to make a difference.
Stop Undervaluing Smaller Institutions
Far from being inferior, smaller universities can outstrip elite ones in research training and promoting inclusivity.
BioNTech Founders Win Top German Medicine Award
Millions of people around the world have received the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Now the team behind BioNTech is receiving Germany's biggest award for medicine.
The Bias That Blinds: Why Some People Get Dangerously Different Medical Care
The Open Reviewers Toolkit is Now Openly Available
The PREreview team is very excited to announce the publication of the Open Reviewer Toolkit, three guides to help with the unbiased composition and assessment of research manuscripts' review. The guides are openly available for download on Zenodo under CC-BY 4.0 license.
Switzerland Announces Stop Gap Funding for Horizon Europe Projects
Switzerland has unveiled details of a funding scheme through which Horizon Europe applicants will still be able to carry on with their projects, despite the country's uncertain status in the EU research programme.
New WH Task Force Asking What Shared Computing, Data Could Do for AI Research | Federal News Network
The Top 10 Scientific Surprises of Science News' First 100 Years
In the 100 years since Science News started reporting on it, science has offered up plenty of unexpected discoveries.
America's Top Colleges
America's Top Colleges
The First Time A Public School Is Number One.
The Tangled History of MRNA Vaccines
Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough.
Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You
Anyone who'd rather have COVID-19 than get vaccinated is taking two gambles: that immunity will stick around, and that symptoms won't.
Scientists Find Evidence of Humans Making Clothes 120,000 Years Ago
Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour.
Politics Will Be Poorer Without Angela Merkel's Scientific Approach
All World Languages in One Visualization, By Native Speakers
This stunning visualization breaks down all the major world languages, based on their total native speakers and country of origin.
Biology Must Generate Ideas As Well As Data
Data should be a means to knowledge, not an end in themselves.
Genuine Open Access to Academic Books Requires Collective Solutions
This post argues that for academic books to be genuinely open, an emphasis should be placed on collective funding models that limit the prospect of new barriers to access being erected through the imposition of expensive book processing charges (BPCs).
Expect Less of the Scientific Paper
Make science more reliable by placing the burden of replicability on the community, not on individual laboratories.
Winners Of The 2022 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced
Winners Of The 2022 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors today announced the winners of the 10th annual Breakthrough Prizes, awarding a total of $15.75 million to an esteemed group of laureates and early-career scientists.
Creating What We Seek to Measure - How to Understand the Performative Aspect of Impact Evaluation?
Creating What We Seek to Measure - How to Understand the Performative Aspect of Impact Evaluation?
This post draws on a recent analysis of different impact evaluation tools to explore how they constitute and direct conceptions of research impact.
Preprint Advocates Must Also Fight for Research Integrity
Efforts to share research with the public must include mechanisms to prevent harm resulting from low-quality work.
Why Americans Die So Much
U.S. life spans, which have fallen behind those in Europe, are telling us something important about American society.
Practice What You Preach: Credibility-enhancing Displays and the Growth of Open Science
Practice What You Preach: Credibility-enhancing Displays and the Growth of Open Science
How can individual scientists most effectively spread the adoption of open science practices? The authors propose visible open science badges, especially by prestigious scientists.
Tackling Biodiversity Loss to Achieve Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development
Mari Pangestu represented the World Bank at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in September 2021, speaking at a high-level dialogue on Unlocking a Nature-Smart Recovery from the pandemic and also an event recognizing the progress.
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