How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of Race
If scientists avoid discussing the topic candidly, racist theories will fill the vacuum.
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Rethink Public Engagement for Gene Editing
The breadth of social and moral questions raised requires a new architecture for democratic debate, insists Simon Burall.
Evidence of Open Access of Scientific Publications in Google Scholar: A Large-Scale Analysis
Evidence of Open Access of Scientific Publications in Google Scholar: A Large-Scale Analysis
Analyzing Open Access levels across all countries and fields of research with Google Scholar data.
Talent vs Luck: The Role of Randomness in Success and Failure
Article underlines the risks of distributing excessive honors or resources to people who, at the end of the day, could have been simply luckier than others. Policy hypotheses are addressed to show the most efficient strategies for public funding of research in order to improve meritocracy, diversity and innovation.
Stem Is Losing Male LGBT Undergrads
But female LGBQ students are more likely than their heterosexual peers to stay in STEM, a survey of college seniors across the United States reveals.
Do You Want to Direct a Research Institute? Germany’s Max Planck Society Has Hundreds of Top Jobs to Fill
Do You Want to Direct a Research Institute? Germany’s Max Planck Society Has Hundreds of Top Jobs to Fill
A wave of retirements offers a chance to recruit female directors and open up new research avenues.
Celebrating the Women of EPFL's IC School: Miranda Krekovic
Rather than simply complaining about the lack of women, the researchers at EPFL decided to walk the talk by launching GirlsCoding.
Double Investment in Research, Innovation and Education to Boost Europe's Competitiveness and Sustainability
Double Investment in Research, Innovation and Education to Boost Europe's Competitiveness and Sustainability
13 European associations of universities release a statement in which they call upon the EU institutions to double the investment in research, innovation and education, in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework.
Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing
In one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data (with over 7,700 respondents), Springer Nature finds widespread data sharing associated with published works and a desire from researchers that their data are discoverable.
Open Science in the EU: Will the Astroturfers Take Over?
After years in a deadlock with publishers, researchers are keen to know whether we will now see for-profit companies and ‘astroturfers’ enter the open science landscape and undermine science in pursuit of their commercial interests, while claiming to support the struggle of researchers, who demand more say in the publishing of scholarly articles.
Artifacts.ai: A Blockchain Platform for Scientific & Academic Research
Artifacts.ai: A Blockchain Platform for Scientific & Academic Research
Researcher-centric communication, collaboration and attribution platform powered by blockchain - with proof-of-existence and real-time, permanent, citing for all scientific and scholarly works.
Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research
Are Research Papers Less Accurate and Truthful Than in the Past?
That's a myth, as Daniele Fanelli of the London School of Economics suggests in this week’s PNAS.
Meta-Research: Why Research on Research Matters
Given that science is the key driver of human progress, improving the efficiency of scientific investigation and yielding more credible and more useful research results can translate to major benefits.
8 Simple Mistakes That Can Delay Peer Review (and How to Avoid Them)
A short list of common issues that can delay a submission. Check your manuscript for these issues, and and then read our advice for how to fix them.
Why I Don't Use Instagram for Science Outreach
Women shouldn't have to shoulder the burden of solving gender inequality on social media: by visibly contradicting stereotypes about female scientists, it is clear that they hope to inspire girls to pursue science and to encourage female scientists to showcase their femininity in our male-dominated workspaces.
Stephen Hawking, Science's Brightest Star, Dies Aged 76
The physicist and author of A Brief History of Time has died at his home in Cambridge. His children said: We will miss him for ever.
The Oxford Reproducibility School
A series of talks on robust research practices in psychology and the biomedical sciences, held in Oxford in 2017. Organized by Dorothy Bishop, Ana Todorovic, Caroline Nettekoven and Verena Heise.
Building Links with BioRxiv: Expanding the Choice for Researchers
Researchers can submit their work directly from bioRxiv to F1000Research offering more choice and flexibility to authors in deciding when to set preprints to under invited peer review.
Citizen Scientists Discover New Feature of the Aurora Borealis
It wasn’t scientists who discovered the thin, purple, east-to-west travelling glow in the northern night sky, but people with cameras and a nerdy passion for auroras.
Research Debt
Science is a human activity. When we fail to distill and explain research, we accumulate a kind of debt.
PredatoryJournals.com
After Jeffrey Beall took down his list of predatory journals in January 2017 in order to avoid continued harassment and threats, a small group of scholars and information professionals decided to anonymously rebuild and resurrect that list.
The Undercover Academic Keeping Tabs on 'Predatory' Publishing
Following the shutdown of Beall’s list, blacklists that warn against questionable publishers are in demand.
Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers
Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers
Customers question whether paid articles in digital magazines are worth the money.
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