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In Praise of Scientific Theory
Just a hunch? Hardly. Think germ theory, atomic theory and the theory of evolution.
Open Academic Search
A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.
Germans Provide Big Boost for Sequencing Often Ignored Organisms
Grant will help sequence thousands of plants, insects, and fungi
How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
As neural nets push into science, researchers probe back
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Michel Aubier downplayed the health risks of air pollution while on oil company Total's payroll
Announcing the rOpenSci Fellowships Program
Supporting efforts to help do better science, build community around projects or develop tools.
Next EU Research Fund Needs to Help Start-Ups to Scale-Up
Fear of investing in innovation is preventing promising start-ups from reaching their full potential and that’s preventing growth across Europe, a conference on the future of EU research funding heard.
What Does the Future Hold for Academic Books?
Between August 2014 and September 2016, the Academic Book of the Future Project, initiated by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Library, explored the current and future status of the traditional academic monograph.
Our Obsession With Eminence Warps Research
Many decisions about whose work is recognized are at least partially arbitrary, and we should acknowledge that.
Framework Programme Set to Go Global
Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.
AMRC Research Impact Report 2017
How can medical research charities show the difference they make?
Putting the Science Police to Better Use
Public rejection might just be part of the journey to knowledge's acceptance.
Germany and Poland Launch Research ‘Twinning’ Effort
Bilateral partnership may provide new blueprint for EU east-west collaboration.
Poland's Science Boom
Heavy investment and low cost of living is powering a meteoric rise.
Do Models Affect Junior Doctors’ Trust in Journals?
A recently published study in Research Integrity and Peer Review, that surveyed 178 trainee doctors, finds that although peer review is perceived as an important means of quality control by this community, there is little value placed on being able to scrutinize peer review themselves.
Anti-Nepotism Drive Picked Up in Surname Study
Statistical study of how names are geographically distributed suggests fewer professors are hiring relatives after 2010 clampdown.
Opening up the Black Box of Peer Review
Liz Allen looks into what peer review actually tells us and how we use expert opinion.
Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell.
Some Facts on Sci-Hub That Wikipedia Gets Wrong
Sci-Hub is not a search engine and it stores papers in its own repository.
ScienceFair - a New Desktop Science Library
A new way to access and consume science from your desktop using peer-to-peer technology.
Pressure to Publish in Journals Drives Too Much Cookie-Cutter Research
Evaluating academic performance on the basis of journal publications is skewing research priorities. This does our public funders a disservice.