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Environment

European Meat Plants Posing 'avoidable Risk' of Disease, Inspectors Say

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European Meat Plants Posing 'avoidable Risk' of Disease, Inspectors Say

Food safety officials deny claims that diseased or contaminated meat is being eaten by consumers.

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Climate

Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA

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Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA

The appointment of a climate change denier to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes as Americans face profound threats stoked by climate change, from the vast, deadly wildfires in the West to an unusually active hurricane season in the South and East.

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COVID-19

Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists

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Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists

Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine.

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Women in Science
Open Science

Open Science, Communal Culture, and Women's Participation in the Movement to Improve Science

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Women in Science
Open Science

Open Science, Communal Culture, and Women's Participation in the Movement to Improve Science

Exploring the structure, cultural frames of collaboration, and representation of women in the open science and reproducibility literatures.

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Astronomy

Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

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Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests

The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology.

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COVID-19

Vaccine Transparency

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COVID-19

Vaccine Transparency

Efforts to find and deploy a coronavirus vaccine should be as transparent as possible to increase the chances of success - but the reality is often sadly different.

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Open Access

Evaluating the Impact of Open Access Policies on Research Institutions

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Open Access

Evaluating the Impact of Open Access Policies on Research Institutions

The proportion of research outputs published in open access journals or made available on other freely-accessible platforms has increased over the past two decades, driven largely by funder mandates, institutional policies, grass-roots advocacy, and changing attitudes in the research community.

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Replication

Questionable Research Practices May Have Little Effect on Replicability

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Replication

Questionable Research Practices May Have Little Effect on Replicability

This article examines why many studies fail to replicate statistically significant published results.

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Academia

Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden

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Academia

Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden

We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now.

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Academia

100 Inspiring Hispanic Scientists in America

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100 Inspiring Hispanic Scientists in America

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Christina Termini from UCLA presents a list of 100 Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America that all researchers can look to for inspiration.

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Diversity
Equality

Building Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Accessibility in Scholarly Communications

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Equality

Building Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Accessibility in Scholarly Communications

The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) is pleased to announce the formal launch of our organization.

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COVID-19
Russia

Researchers Highlight 'questionable' Data in Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Results

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COVID-19
Russia

Researchers Highlight 'questionable' Data in Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Results

Open letter flags results that appear to be duplicated and calls for access to the underlying data on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for widespread use.

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Open Access

How the Internet Archive is Ensuring Permanent Access to Open Access Journal Articles - Internet Archive Blogs

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How the Internet Archive is Ensuring Permanent Access to Open Access Journal Articles - Internet Archive Blogs

Internet Archive has archived and identified 9 million open access journal articles- the next 5 million is getting harder.

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COVID-19
Public Health

Stillbirth Rate Rises Dramatically During Pandemic

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Public Health

Stillbirth Rate Rises Dramatically During Pandemic

Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.

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Horizon Europe
EU

A Pandemic is No Time to Cut the European Research Council's Funding

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A Pandemic is No Time to Cut the European Research Council's Funding

Europe's flagship science agency will be crucial to a post-coronavirus world. Slashing its budget will be a senseless act.

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Open Access

Open Access Tage 2020

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Open Access

Open Access Tage 2020

The Open Access Days are the central annual conference on Open Access and Open Science in the German-speaking world and will take place from 15 to 17 September 2020 as an online conference.

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Women in Science
STEM
Survey

Survey: Impact of Parenthood on Career Progression in STEM - Mothers in Science

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STEM
Survey

Survey: Impact of Parenthood on Career Progression in STEM - Mothers in Science

Mother in Science is launching the first global survey to measure the impact of having children on career progression, scientific productivity and career choices of women in STEMM, and to identify the specific motherhood-related factors driving gender imbalance in STEMM employment.

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Metrics
Evaluation

What is Meaningful Research and How Should We Measure It?

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Evaluation

What is Meaningful Research and How Should We Measure It?

Purely metric-based research evaluation schemes potentially lead to a dystopian academic reality, leaving no space for creativity and intellectual initiative, claims a new study.

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US

America's Top Science Journal Has Had It With Trump

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Science
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America's Top Science Journal Has Had It With Trump

The editor of Science has abandoned staid academic-speak to take on falsehoods in the White House-decorum be damned.

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Peer Review

Ask The Chefs: Improving Trust in Peer Review

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Peer Review

Ask The Chefs: Improving Trust in Peer Review

In support of #PeerRevWk20 theme #TrustInPeerReview, we asked the Chefs how trust in peer review could be improved. See what they said and add your thoughts!

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COVID-19

First Report of the INGSA Evidence-to-Policy Tracker

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COVID-19

First Report of the INGSA Evidence-to-Policy Tracker

The aim of the study is not to compare and assess the success of countries’ key Covid policy responses, but rather to compare the various ways in which evidence has been marshalled and applied.

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Retractions
COVID-19
Peer Review

Learning from a Retraction

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Retractions
COVID-19
Peer Review

Learning from a Retraction

The editors of the Lancet Group examined The Lancet's peer-review processes to identify ways of further reducing risks of research and publication misconduct.

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Prizes

Frozen Poo and Narcissists' Eyebrows Studies Win Ig Nobel Prizes

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Frozen Poo and Narcissists' Eyebrows Studies Win Ig Nobel Prizes

Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators.

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Racism
Gender
Peer Review

Science Journals Are Purging Racist, Sexist Work. Finally

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Racism
Gender
Peer Review

Science Journals Are Purging Racist, Sexist Work. Finally

Getting rid of harmful papers is a vital step toward reestablishing readers' trust. Next, publishers should target articles that are flawed in other ways.

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UK
Gender

Keep Athena SWAN, but Drop Funding Link for Now, Say Reviewers

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Gender

Keep Athena SWAN, but Drop Funding Link for Now, Say Reviewers

Leading academics respond to government plan to end link between charter mark and research funding, amid fears that equality issues will be sidelined.

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Mentoring
Academia
Early Career Researchers

Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem

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Mentoring
Academia
Early Career Researchers

Scientists Aren't Trained to Mentor. That's a Problem

Universities need to genuinely support mentorship training for faculty members.

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Physics
Science

How Mathematical 'Hocus-Pocus' Saved Particle Physics

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Physics
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How Mathematical 'Hocus-Pocus' Saved Particle Physics

Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.

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UK
COVID-19
Universities

Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.

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UK
COVID-19
Universities

Students Have Been Sold the Lie They Are Able to Have a Full University Experience. They Can't.

The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.

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COVID-19

The Lasting Misery of Coronavirus Long-haulers

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COVID-19

The Lasting Misery of Coronavirus Long-haulers

Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of 'long COVID'.

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COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccines Could End Up With Bias Built Right In

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COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccines Could End Up With Bias Built Right In

Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.

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