Of more than academic interest
Of more than academic interest
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Virtual Networks, Open Science and Digital Revolutions
Interview with Ijad Madisch, co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest online network for scientists
Philanthropies Announce Program to Develop Scientific Talent Worldwide
HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announce the International Research Scholars Program which aims to support up to 50 outstanding early career scientists worldwide.
Studying the science of science
Some scientists are taking it upon themselves to go beyond their core research areas to study where the scientific system can go wrong.
A Cambridge professor on how to stop being so easily manipulated by misleading statistics
A Cambridge professor on how to stop being so easily manipulated by misleading statistics
On the many ways to say the same thing.
Has the time come for preprints in biology?
On the role that preprints can play in disseminating research findings in the life sciences.
Young health researchers consider leaving the country due to funding drought
Nearly half of all young Canadian health researchers say they are seriously considering leaving the country because of lack of financial support, according to an informal survey that comes as the federal government is signalling more support for basic science and for young scientists.
The Paradox of Precision Medicine
Early attempts to tailor disease treatment to individuals based on their DNA have met with equivocal success, raising concerns about a push to scale up such efforts.
In death, there is life
Big-name scientists may end up stifling progress in their fields
Failure Is Moving Science Forward
The replication crisis is a sign that science is working.
Europe on course for a neutron drought
Scientists in Europe face a dramatic reduction in neutrons beams for research within the next 5 to 10 years.
Science Needs to Learn How to Fail So It Can Succeed
Social science is great at making wacky, wonderful claims about the way the world—and the human mind—works. But a lot of them are wrong.
Universities Are Becoming Billion-Dollar Hedge Funds With Schools Attached
Have you heard the latest wisecrack about Harvard? People are calling it a hedge fund with a university attached.
The SNSF has signed the Open Access 2020 initiative.
The Open Access 2020 international initiative aims to pursue the large-scale implementation of open access. The SNSF supports this endeavour.
Striking a work-life balance in academia
A campaign at the Royal Society is challenging negative perceptions about careers in science by sharing the stories of 150 scientists who have successfully managed to juggle work in the lab with life at home.
Elsevier publishing – a look at the numbers, and more
Key journal performance data for 2015 and other highlights from a business that is doing a lot more than publishing.
Academic Publishing is a Goddamned Exploitative Farce — Age of Awareness
Peer review and criticism is an essential part of academic discourse, and it is why journal articles are of such high quality and rigor. But you don’t get paid for it.
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