The White House Launches the National Microbiome Initiative
Half a billion dollars are being pledged to study the microbes in humans, crops, soils, oceans, and more.
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Researchers just released profile data on 70,000 OkCupid users without permission
A group of researchers has released a data set on nearly 70,000 users of the online dating site OkCupid. The data dump breaks the cardinal rule of social science research ethics: It took identifiable personal data without permission.
Avoiding a lost generation of scientists
By sharing their experiences, early-career scientists can help to make the case for increased government funding for researchers.
Why scientists should learn to embrace failure
Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley live by the motto of “Fail fast, fail often." Scientists would do well to likewise embrace failure.
Even Psychologists Respond To Meaningless Rewards
Even Psychologists Respond To Meaningless Rewards
All they needed to be more open with their data was the promise of a badge showing they did it.
A day in the life of a British academic
Imagine what would happen if the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the referendum of the 23rd June 2016? To give our readers a better idea of the consequences of the Brexit for the country's scientists, EuroScientist has commissioned UK technology journalist Paul Hill to write a fictional day in the life of a British academic post-Brexit. This gives food for thought on the factors influencing the position of Europe's centre of gravity in research.
Scientists’ Reputations Are Based on Getting It Right, Not Being Right
Reputational assessments of scientists were based more on how they pursue knowledge and respond to replication evidence, not whether the initial results were true.
To confront 21st century challenges, science must rethink its reward system
Nature Outlook on Innovation
In the fiercely competitive world of drug discovery and development, secrecy is no longer as important as it once was.
STEM Career Outcomes of Female and Male Graduate Students
Evidence from UMETRICS Data Linked to the 2010 Census
Swiss scientists share Brexit concerns
What could a Brexit mean for the United Kingdom’s higher education, research and student mobility? Switzerland offers some clues. ...
Are older academics past their productive peak?
A recent paper claims that the quality of researchers declines with age. Five senior scientists consider the data and how they’ve contributed through the years.
In science, follow the money - if you can
In science as in politics, most people agree that transparency is essential. Top journals now require authors to disclose their funding sources so that readers can judge the possibility of bias, and the British Medical Journal recently required authors to disclose their data as well so that experts can run independent analyses of the results. But as transparency becomes the standard, many academics are resisting the trend without pushback from their universities.
On the productivity of scientists
Ever since Reagan and Thatcher made neoliberal ideas palatable to an unsuspecting public, concepts such as “New Public Management” or the more general notion that competition between in…
The pressure to publish pushes down quality
Scientists must publish less, or good research will be swamped by the ever-increasing volume of poor work.
EuroScience Open Forum 2016
Top speakers announced at the next EuroScience Open Forum 2016, held in Manchester this summer (July 24-27).
Row over proposed biomedical centre intensifies
Document submitted to the Italian Senate criticizes institute that will oversee a €1.5-billion project.
Crowdsourced solutions
Open competitions bring new minds, skills and collaborations to problems in biomedical research.
Big Pay Differences Among New Male, Female Ph.D.s
Female Ph.D.s in science and engineering earn 31 percent less than their male cohorts one year after graduation, according to a new study in American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. When controlling for the fact that women tend to earn degrees in fields that pay less than those in which more men earn degrees, the observed gap dropped to 11 percent. And the gap disappeared when controlling for whether the women were married and had children.
Brain scans reveal how LSD affects consciousness
Drug researcher David Nutt discusses brain-imaging studies with hallucinogens and how he needed to crowdfund the resources to analyse the data.
Quality Assessment of Studies Published in Open Access
A comparison of the methodological quality and the quality of reporting of primary epidemiological studies and systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in OA and non-OA journals.
Journal Reviewer
JournalReviewer is an independent site that aggregates information users provide about their experience with academic journals' review processes.
Gender representation on mathematical sciences journal editorial boards
A crowdfunding project to give insights into one possible aspect of gender bias in mathematics.
How the university superbrands compare
What do the world’s six most reputed universities have in common?
A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
The open source physics site arXiv is turning 25, and it's going to get a makeover. But what does that mean for its principles of data transparency?
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