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Do Last Week's European Copyright Votes Show Publishers Have Captured European Politics?

Do Last Week's European Copyright Votes Show Publishers Have Captured European Politics?

A small change would open up a whole new class of works for which publishers could demand payment for the use of small snippets, apparently including works that the author had released under an open access license.

Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century

Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century

Authorea, the collaborative document editor for researchers, announced a partnership and direct submission agreement with bioRxiv, the leading preprint server for biological research.

Study Finds Large Share of Cases Involving Faculty Harassment of Graduate Students Are Serious

Study Finds Large Share of Cases Involving Faculty Harassment of Graduate Students Are Serious

New study of harassment of graduate students by faculty members suggests that the problem is worse -- both in level of offense and prevalence of repeat offenders -- than many believe.

Research Funding: The Case for a Modified Lottery

Research Funding: The Case for a Modified Lottery

On awarding research funds on the basis of a modified lottery in which peer review is used to identify the most meritorious proposals, from which funded applications are selected by lottery.

The Reproducibility of Research and the Misinterpretation of P-Values

The Reproducibility of Research and the Misinterpretation of P-Values

Science is endangered by statistical misunderstanding, and by university presidents and research funders who impose perverse incentives on scientists.

Big Pharma Buys Into Crowdsourcing for Drug Discovery

Big Pharma Buys Into Crowdsourcing for Drug Discovery

The Structural Genomics Consortium encourages pharma companies and academics to put all their cards on the table in the interest of speeding up drug research.

'Tired of medals': new letters reveal how Alfred Russel Wallace shunned Darwin's fame

'Tired of medals': new letters reveal how Alfred Russel Wallace shunned Darwin's fame

From declining royal honour to refusing to sit for a portrait, correspondences show co-discoverer of evolutionary theory avoiding publicity.

Major German Universities Cancel Elsevier Contracts

Major German Universities Cancel Elsevier Contracts

These institutions join around 60 others that hope to put increasing pressure on the publishing giant in ongoing negotiations for a new nationwide licensing agreement.

Becoming Professor. With Almost no Publications

Becoming Professor. With Almost no Publications

I think I am the only living person in Sweden who achieved a professor chair with only one international journal publication.

Maryam Mirzakhani Dies at 40

Maryam Mirzakhani Dies at 40

An Iranian mathematician who was the only woman ever to win a Fields Medal, the most prestigious honor in mathematics, died on Saturday. She was 40.

AI, Robotics, And The Future Of Precision Agriculture

AI, Robotics, And The Future Of Precision Agriculture

From analyzing millions of satellite images to finding healthy strains of plant microbiome, these startups have raised over $500M to bring AI and robotics to agriculture.

Top Scientists Sue Salk Institute for Discrimination

Top Scientists Sue Salk Institute for Discrimination

Two top scientists are suing their employer, the Salk Institute, alleging that they and other women have suffered long-term gender discrimination at the renowned California research center.