A 171-Year-Old Suggestion to Promote Open Science
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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.
How Many Wikipedia References Are Available to Read? We Measured the Proportion of Open Access Sources Across Languages and Topics
How Many Wikipedia References Are Available to Read? We Measured the Proportion of Open Access Sources Across Languages and Topics
When following a link to the official version of a scholarly article, Wikipedia readers are twice as likely to hit a paywall than one they can freely read.
Where Do the Numbers Published in Scientific Articles Come From?
Study attempts to reproduce values reported in 35 articles published in the journal Cognition revealed analysis pipelines peppered with errors. Elements of a reproducible workflow that may help to mitigate these problems in future research are outlined.
Reproducibility and Replication - University of Zurich Center for Reproducible Science Kickoff Workshop
Reproducibility and Replication - University of Zurich Center for Reproducible Science Kickoff Workshop
A strategic kick-off workshop on Reproducibility and Replication with the goal to define the optimal set-up of the activities of the newly opened Center for Reproducible Science (CRS) at the University of Zurich.
Are Open Data Actually Reusable?
Many efforts are underway to promote data sharing in psychology, however it is currently unclear if the in-principle benefits of data availability are being realized in practice. In a recent study, we found that a mandatory open data policy introduced at the journal Cognition led to a substantial increase in available data, but a considerable portion of this data was not reusable. For data to be reusable, it needs to be clearly structured and well-documented. Open data alone will not be enough to achieve the benefits envisioned by proponents of data sharing.
Practical Tools and Strategies for Researchers to Increase Replicability
Practical Tools and Strategies for Researchers to Increase Replicability
This publication provides an overview of some practical tools and strategies that researchers can implement in their own workflow to increase replicability and the overall quality of psychology research.
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.
Crowdfunding Science Festival 2018
Celebrating Science Booster - Switzerland's only platform for science crowdfunding.
Collaboration + Technology + Open Science : Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative
Collaboration + Technology + Open Science : Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative's approach to accelerating science and curing disease.
The Challenges of Creating World-Class Universities in China
The obsession with internationalization had resulted in priority being given to overseas scholars and graduates and has diminished graduates of many top domestic universities to second or third-class status.
Springer Nature Collaborates with IBM Watson Health to Create Deeper Insights from Cutting Edge Scientific and Medical Research
Springer Nature Collaborates with IBM Watson Health to Create Deeper Insights from Cutting Edge Scientific and Medical Research
Springer Nature announced a collaboration with Watson Health to expand and enhance the integration of valuable genomics.
WikiCiteVis - Exploring Citations on Wikipedia
Find out how scholarly articles are cited on Wikipedia with WikiCiteVis.
Who Needs Democracy When You Have Data?
Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.
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.
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.
BlockchainForScience.com
Information about Blockchain for Science, Research and Knoweldge creation. The decentralized future of science. Blockchain bears the potential to make science more effective, make research continous, free data and fix the reproducibility crisis in science.
Minding the Gender Gap
Mind the Gap is a role-playing game designed as a structure for dialogues which examine the gender gap.
Harassment Charges: Injustice Done?
Colleagues urge UCI to acknowledge the possibility that its sanctions against Professor Ayala were enacted in haste and to reopen the case and investigate the matter more thoroughly.
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Doctoral Students at Germany’s Max Planck Society Say Recent Troubles Highlight Need for Change
Physicist Jana Lasser of PhDnet discusses the group's new report.
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
Researcher at the Center of an Epic Fraud Remains an Enigma to Those Who Exposed Him
After years of detective work, it's still unclear why a Japanese doctor faked dozens of clinical trials.
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.
Science's Bullying Problem
When scientists reach mid-career, they suddenly have to manage people, something they have never done and never really been trained to do.
eLife Looking for a New Editor-In-Chief
eLife is conducting an open search for a new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Randy Schekman.
Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A Systematic Comparison of Citations in 252 Subject Categories
Software Deposit: Guidance for Researchers
A set of complementary guides covering the main aspects of depositing software into digital repositories.
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
Hundreds of Researchers From Top Universities Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
How the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology became a multimillion dollar organization promoting bullshit science through fake conferences and journals.
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