US Universities Call for Clearer Rules on Science Espionage Amid Crackdown
As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.
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National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
National COVID Debts: Climate Change Imperils Countries' Ability to Repay
Analysis reveals three ways to boost green investment and achieve a resilient recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget
In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
What Really Caused Facebook's 500M-User Data Leak
The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
Data Together: Fostering Cooperation Among Open Science Platforms
Collectively referred to as Data Together, the four collaborating international data organisations-CODATA, GO FAIR, RDA, WDS-have a joint commitment to work together to optimise the global research data ecosystem and to identify opportunities that will trigger federated infrastructures to service the new reality of data-driven science.
Coronavirus Tracker: the Latest Figures
The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and tracks the vaccine rollouts around the world.
One in Three Survivors of Severe Covid Diagnosed with Mental Health Condition
Study finds 34% developed psychiatric or neurological conditions after six months.
U.S. Bet Big on Covid Vaccine Manufacturer Even As Problems Mounted
The Baltimore plant that recently had to scrap up to 15 million ruined doses had flouted rules and downplayed errors, according to internal audits, ex-employees and clients. Other doses had to be scrapped last year.
Why I Won't Review or Write for Elsevier and Other Commercial Scientific Journals
Why I Won't Review or Write for Elsevier and Other Commercial Scientific Journals
This author asks: Can scientists who are so meticulous in preparing their papers and so generous with their time in reviewing them for free not find better ways to advance science than relying on profiteering journals?
Biden, Congress Roll out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation
Biden, Congress Roll out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation
President and lawmakers push proposals to add technology directorate and boost budget.
Time to Regulate AI That Interprets Human Emotions
The pandemic is being used as a pretext to push unproven artificial-intelligence tools into workplaces and schools.
Has Covid-19 Changed Researcher Behaviour?
We hope that the scale and reach of the Covid-19 pandemic will realise sustained change in the research culture, with openness and collaboration firmly embedded.
Researchers Are Hatching a Low-Cost Coronavirus Vaccine
A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.
Publishers Care About the Version of Record, Do Researchers?
Study of researchers indicates that a preprint or accepted manuscript can substitute for the version of record in some use cases but not all.
Why Computers Won't Make Themselves Smarter
We fear and yearn for "the singularity." But it will probably never come.
Collaboration, Empathy & Change: Perspectives on Leadership in Libraries and Archives in 2020
Collaboration, Empathy & Change: Perspectives on Leadership in Libraries and Archives in 2020
Students in the organizational theory and leadership course taught by Trevor Owe at the University of Maryland’s iSchool worked together to produce this book.
Meta-Research: Weak Evidence of Country- and Institution-Related Status Bias in the Peer Review of Abstracts
Meta-Research: Weak Evidence of Country- and Institution-Related Status Bias in the Peer Review of Abstracts
A preregistered survey experiment spanning six disciplines has found weak evidence of bias in favour of authors from high-status countries and institutions.
Do You Obey Public-Access Mandates? Google Scholar is Watching
Search-engine co-founder Anurag Acharya explains why it now tells authors when their papers should be made free to read.
No, It's Not The Incentives - It's You
Troubling narrative: the mere existence of perverse incentives is a valid and sufficient reason to knowingly behave in an antisocial way, just as long as one first acknowledges the existence of those perverse incentives.
Here's How We'll Know an AI Is Conscious
Zombies are supposed to be capable of asking any question about the nature of experience. It's worth wondering, though, how a person or machine devoid of experience could reflect on experience it doesn’t have.
Capitalism Won't Save Us from Covid, No Matter What Boris Johnson Might Think
Capitalism Won't Save Us from Covid, No Matter What Boris Johnson Might Think
His claim that 'greed' was the driver behind the UK's vaccine success ignores the huge role of state funding, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato.
The Ocean's Youngest Monsters Are Ready for Glamour Shots
Divers practicing blackwater photography are helping marine scientists gain new insights into fish larvae.
We Need to Talk About the AstraZeneca Vaccine
For the moment, reports of a very rare, dangerous blood disorder among recipients cannot be ignored.
W.H.O. Inquiry on the Pandemic's Origin: What We Know
Did Covid-19 come from animal markets? It's unclear. Did it emerge from a lab? Also unclear. Here's what a new W.H.O. report says - including questions that the agency's own chief raised about the findings.
WHO Report into COVID Pandemic Origins Zeroes in on Animal Markets
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.
It's Time to Consider a Patent Reprieve for COVID Vaccines
The pandemic is not a competition between companies and will not end without more-equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
CODECHECK: an Open Science Initiative
An Open Science initiative for the independent execution of computations underlying research articles during peer review to improve reproducibility.
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