The ABC of panel scoring: Anchoring, Bias and Committee Procedures
Academic life is particularly full of rank ordered lists, even if they are frequently not transparently available.
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Meta and The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Meta.ai is joining the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Trump Just Ordered Government Scientists to Hide Facts From the Public
He also immediately suspended all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracts and grants.
Science Communication in the Post-Truth Era
Do popular science articles make the public overconfident about their own expertise?
Now More Than Ever
Now More Than Ever
For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.
Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts
The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Scientists Are Having Trouble Replicating Groundbreaking Research
Does that mean the original research was wrong? No. It means science is really, really hard.
"You Never Said My Peer Review Was Confidential"
Open-science advocate says journals should be clearer to peer-reviewers about terms and conditions.
The Young Billionaire Behind the War on Bad Science
Meet the former Enron trader and hedge fund founder who's on a quest to expose bad science.
Dear Scholars, Delete Your Account At Academia.Edu
As privatized platforms like Academia.edu look to monetize scholarly writing even further, researchers, scientists and academics across the globe must now consider alternatives to proprietary companies that aim to profit from our writing and offer little transparency as to how our work will be used in the future.
Support the Option to Cite Preprints in NIH Grants
Please cosign the statement below if you think the NIH should give scientists the option of using preprints as evidence of productivity in grant applications, following the recent policies of the Wellcome Trust, MRC, HFSP, Simons Foundation, and Helmsley Foundation.
Open Science May Open Doors for Canadian Research
Scientists ponder functionality of open science approach in the wake of Tanenbaum Open Science Institute announcement
Moral Dilemma: Should We Reshape Society Because We Can?
Traditional values will not serve us well when it comes to debating the ethics of novel technologies such as self-driving cars. We need a new moral code.
Who Will Keep Predatory Science Journals at Bay Now that Jeffrey Beall's Blog Is Gone?
Who Will Keep Predatory Science Journals at Bay Now that Jeffrey Beall's Blog Is Gone?
A leading website that monitored predatory open access journals has closed. This will make it harder to keep tabs on this corrosive force within science.
When A Preprint Becomes The Final Paper
A geneticist's decision not to publish his finalized preprint in a journal gets support from scientists online.
Science Falling Victim To 'Crisis of Narcissism'
Cut-throat atmosphere in world-class labs and conferences closer to House of Cards than Big Bang Theory, says Swiss academic
Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?
A publication that shows that many approaches in neuroscience, when used naïvely, fall short of producing a meaningful understanding.
Scientists Are Protesting Trump’s Inauguration With A Nerdy Celebration of Research
Vaccines work, climate change is real — and scientists’ tweets for the Trump administration.
Letter to the House of Representatives on the Progress of Open Science
Letter from the Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science informing the House of Representatives of the progress made in the field of open science.
Trump asks NIH Director Francis Collins to stay on
Long-serving geneticist to stay in position for time being
U of C Axes Hundreds of Journal Subscriptions
Universities across the country are struggling with rising journal prices
Despite Record Year, Research Funding Remains 'Huge Challenge'
Researchers across Harvard received a record-high $842.5 million in grants in fiscal year 2016—but some say they are bracing for federal funding cuts under the Trump administration and seeking alternative sources of research support.
How Reliable Are Cancer Studies?
A project that tried to reproduce the results of 50 landmark papers turned into an arduous slog—and that’s a problem in itself.
A Global Alliance Is Investing $500 Million to Stop Deadly Outbreaks We Are Utterly Unprepared For
A Global Alliance Is Investing $500 Million to Stop Deadly Outbreaks We Are Utterly Unprepared For
Global partnership launched in Davos to prevent epidemics with new vaccines.
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