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EMBO's Bernd Pulverer looks at the revised Plan S Implementation Guidelines.
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What Science Looks Like
The publication of our first two Registered Reports marks a major milestone for Nature Human Behaviour. These studies demonstrate what many researchers know, but is often hidden from the published literature: confirmatory research doesn't always confirm the authors' hypotheses.
What Not to Do in Graduate School
Six limiting maxims PhD students should avoid.
'Bad Science': Australian Studies Found to Be Unreliable, Compromised
Hundreds of scientific research papers published by Australian scientists have been found to be unreliable or compromised, fuelling calls for a national science watchdog.
Funded Partnership Brings Dryad and Zenodo Closer
Collaboration brings together leading platforms for data and software sharing.
2019 Scholar Metrics Released
Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in Google Scholar publications.
A Debate is Under Way About the Cost of Higher Education
The meaning of a debate about the cost of higher education.
Why It's So Hard To Reform Peer Review
Measurement creates a temptation to achieve a measurable goal by less than totally honest means. As in physics, the simple act of measuring invariably disturbs what you are trying to measure.
Our Disabilities Have Made Us Better Scientists
But only because we have had access to health care, emotional support and institutional backing.
Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That.
Jessica Wade has added nearly 700 Wikipedia biographies for important female and minority scientists in less than two years.
Royal Society President Stands Up for Chinese Scientists in the United States
Royal Society President Stands Up for Chinese Scientists in the United States
We scientists must stand up for openness and fairness. Discriminating against someone because of their ethnicity, turning down a collaboration or refusing a visa for a conference on the grounds of nationality, or simply making someone feel unwelcome because they are an immigrant - these are all morally objectionable and practically counterproductive. Such behaviour must cease.
Without These Women, Man Would Not Have Walked on the Moon
Numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses, helped put a man on the moon. Here are the stories of some of those women.
What's Deoxyribonucleotide in Sign Language?
Deaf student Liam Mcmulkin has created more than 100 signs for words used in science.
Why Half the Scientists in Some Eastern European Countries Are Women
Just 28% of the world’s researchers are women, but Eastern Europe bucks this global trend. The Soviet legacy is part of the reason.
Plan S FAQs
Plan S is a manifesto for full and immediate Open Access set out by a coalition of research funders. It has been discussed a lot recently, but what, exactly, does it involve?
Yentl Syndrome: A Deadly Data Bias Against Women
The science of medicine is based on male bodies, but researchers are beginning to realize how vastly the symptoms of disease differ between the sexes - and how much danger women are in.
U.S. Targeting of Chinese Scientists Fuels a Brain Drain
A Chinese scientist’s startup fled the U.S. after a federal investigation that included a failed sting, airport stops and an unfounded child-porn search.
Depression Researchers Rethink Popular Mouse Swim Tests
Animal-rights group's campaign to end forced-swim tests comes amid debate over whether method is overused.
They Know We Know They Know: Does Sci-Hub Affect Library Subscriptions?
So does Sci-Hub lead libraries to cancel journals, or doesn't it? Maybe the answer isn't a simple yes or no.
The Death of the Learned Societies?
With open access Plan S approaching, learned society journals are expected to fall in hard times.
ELife Introduces First Demonstration of the Open-source Publishing Platform Libero Publisher
ELife Introduces First Demonstration of the Open-source Publishing Platform Libero Publisher
The working example represents a major milestone in the development of Libero Publisher, a community-supported tool to help modernise academic publishing.
Thousands of Universities Join Wave of Climate Emergency Declarations
The climate emergency movement is heading to school. Global higher education networks tying together more than 7000 universities and colleges from across the globe declared a climate emergency and published a three-point plan to confront the escalating environmental crisis.
New Face of the £50 Note is Revealed
The £50 note gets a makeover with the image of a computer pioneer.
Nutrition Science Is Broken. This New Egg Study Shows Why.
At turns lauded and vilified, the humble egg is an example of everything wrong with nutrition studies.
Revisiting the Role of the Science Journalist
In today's ecosystem of online science publications, it can be hard to tell what qualifies as journalism and what doesn't. Does it matter?
Telescope Designed to Study Mysterious Dark Energy Keeps Russia's Space Science Hopes Alive
The Plan to Mine the World's Research Papers
A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast quantities of science for computer analysis - but is it legal?
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