A New, Data-Based Checklist to Help Boost Women in Science Leadership
The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
Labs are told to start including a neglected variable: females
Labs are told to start including a neglected variable: females
Mice or rats, pigs or dogs, they were usually male: researchers avoided using female animals for fear that their reproductive cycles and hormone fluctuations would confound the results of delicately calibrated experiments.
Shake Up Conferences
Emojis, smartphone technologies and revamped guidelines would boost transparency at scientific meetings, say Shai D. Silberberg and colleagues.
5 Strategies for Closing the STEM Gender Gap
With our society becoming increasingly dependent on technology and STEM literacy, it’s becoming even more imperative to close the drastic gender gap that exists within STEM fields.
Unexpected, a video by the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Society and future President of the Royal Statistical Society, Sir David Spiegelhalter visits Dr Nicole Janz to discuss reproducibility in scientific publications.
It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech
For most of history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being mechanically disseminated. In today’s networked environment, it would seem that censorship ought to be impossible. This should be the golden age of free speech.
These scientists studied journalists covering science
The researchers also point out that artists and filmmakers, in addition to journalists, could help pull compelling narratives out of all that science.
Inequalities in science
Little attention has been paid to the large, changing inequalities in the world of scientific research.
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
Established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour.
Brazil’s Scientists Battle to Escape 20-Year Funding Freeze
Cap at current spending levels could spell 'end of science in Brazil', researchers say.
Statcheck - a Spellchecker for Statistics
A study has revealed a high prevalence of inconsistencies in reported statistical test results. Such inconsistencies make results unreliable, as they become “irreproducible”, and ultimately affect the level of trust in scientific reporting.
Keep it complex
When knowledge is uncertain, experts should avoid pressures to simplify their advice. Render decision-makers accountable for decisions, says Andy Stirling.
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Scientific community calls on voters not to support the candidate of the National Front
Darwin Was Sexist, and So Are Many Modern Scientists
For far too long, Darwinian theory has justified sexist attitudes and behavior.
A Lack of Ideological Diversity Is Killing Social Research
Without more conservative perspectives in the academy, lawmakers will increasingly ignore and potentially defund social science.
Digital Open Science: Solving the Societal and Sustainability Challenges of the 21st Century
Digital Open Science: Solving the Societal and Sustainability Challenges of the 21st Century
Leading figures from policy, science, publishing and advocacy discuss how open science can maximise the value of research and innovation for our societies.
Science research needs an overhaul
The current incentive structure often leads to dead-end studies-but there are ways to fix the problem.
Mozilla Science Global Sprint 2016
A two-day sprint event bringing together researchers, coders, librarians and the public from around the globe.
Does Peer Review Identify the Best Papers?
New simulation study says peer review is better at assuring quality research than random publication choices, but some systems of review are significantly better than others. Editors seen as more effective than peer-review panels alone.
Our Survey Found 'Questionable Research Practices' by Ecologists and Biologists – Here's What That Means
Our Survey Found 'Questionable Research Practices' by Ecologists and Biologists – Here's What That Means
Questionable research practices are not fraud, and they're not cause for panic. But they do give us some hints about how we can make science more robust.
Data sharing
Two NEJM editors say data sharing should happen symbiotically, not parasitically.
Academics Aren't Lobbyists – So Our Research Changes Nothing
Researchers naturally want their work to make a difference, but the sad fact is that it often has little influence beyond academia
Survey Reveals Basic Research in Canada Is Falling by the Wayside
The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.
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These 109 Nobel laureates have finally had enough of Greenpeace’s anti-GMO campaign
These 109 Nobel laureates have finally had enough of Greenpeace’s anti-GMO campaign
Greenpeace accepts climate science. So why do they dismiss the science around GMOs?