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Integrity

Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers

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Scientists Must Keep Fighting Fake News, Not Retreat to Their Ivory Towers

Scientists have the public’s trust, so the swell of fake news shouldn’t put them off communicating, says CEO of Science Media Centre.

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Study Examines How Media Around the World Frame Climate Change News

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Study Examines How Media Around the World Frame Climate Change News

While richer countries tend to frame climate change coverage as a political issue, poorer countries more often frame it as an international issue that the world at large needs to address.

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Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion: The Case of SSH

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Cross-Sectoral Mobility Funding and the Challenge of Immersion: The Case of SSH

Cross-sectoral mobility funding requires recipients to change their environment and often some aspects of their research. There is a need to understand the impact on the researchers' experiences as knowledge producers within such programs, as part of the broader potential and significance of cross-sectoral mobility funding.

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Mini Brains Grown in the Lab Sprout Primitive "eyes"

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Mini Brains Grown in the Lab Sprout Primitive "eyes"

Researchers have grown mini brains with light-sensitive eye structures that could lead to breakthrough treatments for vision disorders.

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10 Frontiers Articles That Caught the World's Attention in 2022 - Science & Research News

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10 Frontiers Articles That Caught the World's Attention in 2022 - Science & Research News

By Frontiers' science writers As part of Frontiers' passion to make science available to all, we highlight just a small selection of the most fascinating research published with us each month to help inspire current and future researchers to achieve their research dreams. 2022 was no different, and saw many game-changing discoveries contribute to the

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Scientific Method

How science goes wrong

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Scientific Method

How science goes wrong

Scientific research has changed the world. Now it needs to change itself.

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Society

We’re In an Epidemic of Mistrust in Science

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We’re In an Epidemic of Mistrust in Science

Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.

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PM's Research Plan to Make UK 'science Superpower'

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PM's Research Plan to Make UK 'science Superpower'

Boris Johnson says the country will be able to "breathe life into more breakthroughs".

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The Attack of Zombie Science

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The Attack of Zombie Science

They look like scientific papers. But they're distorting and killing science.

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A Scientist For President

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A Scientist For President

If elected, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would bring an extensive background in science and engineering to Mexico’s presidency. But many researchers are anxious about how she would govern.

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Fifteen Journals to Outsource Peer-Review Decisions

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Fifteen Journals to Outsource Peer-Review Decisions

Free reviews from a nonprofit body could add to questions facing scientific publishers.

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Ethics

A Conversation: Science, Ethics, and Policy

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Ethics

A Conversation: Science, Ethics, and Policy

The word "bioethics" dates only to 1927, and the subject, as an academic discipline, is only about 50 years old, but the ethical questions that accompany scientific discovery are ancient.

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6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

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6 Things We Learned About the Environment at Davos 2019

From the moment Sir David Attenborough took to the stage on day one of the meeting and declared, 'the Garden of Eden is no more', environmental issues topped the Agenda in Davos. Here are six moments that stood out.

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Eric Lander Is Not the Ideal Choice for Presidential Science Adviser

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Eric Lander Is Not the Ideal Choice for Presidential Science Adviser

Despite a long list of supremely qualified people who could inspire a whole new generation of scientists, the glass ceiling in American science remains intact.

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Is It Time to Live with COVID-19? Some Scientists Warn of 'Endemic Delusion'

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Is It Time to Live with COVID-19? Some Scientists Warn of 'Endemic Delusion'

As pandemic restrictions lift, researchers stress the need to prepare for the next variant

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Open is Not Enough

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Open is Not Enough

The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.

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Science and the Breakdown of Trust

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Trust
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Science and the Breakdown of Trust

The COVID-19 syndemic is entering its most dangerous phase. There is a mounting breakdown of trust. Not only between politicians and the public. But also among politicians and publics with science and scientists. This breach of faith with science is far more threatening.

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Engaging the Public in Science and Technology Studies

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Engaging the Public in Science and Technology Studies

Research in science and technology studies (STS) goes beyond the traditional books and academic papers. It also includes the practical application of STS and how researchers are bringing those theories and knowledge to the public.

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Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies

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Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies

Deliberative democracy could be enriched by a deeper engagement with the material aspects of democratic processes. STS scholars would benefit from engaging more closely with democratic theory, as well.

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What Difference Do Retractions Make? An Estimate of the Epistemic Impact of Retractions on Recent Meta-analyses

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Retractions

What Difference Do Retractions Make? An Estimate of the Epistemic Impact of Retractions on Recent Meta-analyses

Every year, several hundred publications are retracted due to fabrication and falsification of data or plagiarism and other breeches of research integrity and ethics. However, the extent to which a retraction requires revising previous scientific estimates and beliefs is unknown.

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Winners of 27 European Research Council Grants Leave the UK and Switzerland Because of Horizon Europe Impasse

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UK

Winners of 27 European Research Council Grants Leave the UK and Switzerland Because of Horizon Europe Impasse

 Of 174 UK-based ERC grant winners 23, or around one in eight, have decided to relocate, while only four of 66 researchers based in Switzerland did so.

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Latvia Pilots Citizen Engagement in Research Grant Evaluations

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Latvia Pilots Citizen Engagement in Research Grant Evaluations

Consultation on societal challenges and scientific solutions will inform decision-making at country’s main research funder.

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Academia

When English is Not Your Mother Tongue

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When English is Not Your Mother Tongue

Seven researchers discuss the challenges posed by science's embrace of one global language.

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Top 20 things scientists need to know about policy-making

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Top 20 things scientists need to know about policy-making

When scientists moan about how little politicians know about science, I usually get annoyed. Such grouching is almost always counterproductive and more often than not betrays how little scientists know about the UK's governance structures, processes, culture and history.

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Medicine

Disrupted Sleep Linked to Heart Disease and Death

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Medicine

Disrupted Sleep Linked to Heart Disease and Death

Results from a long-term study of 8001 people suggest disrupted sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease and mortality - in women more than men.

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Gender

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

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Gender

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Annette Lykknes spotlight female researchers who discovered elements and their properties.

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COVID-19

Vaccine Experts Defend UK Decision to Delay Second Pfizer Covid Jab

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COVID-19

Vaccine Experts Defend UK Decision to Delay Second Pfizer Covid Jab

Leading vaccine experts have backed the government’s decision to delay the second dose for up to three months, after doctors warned that the strategy was proving “ever-more difficult to justify” (see "Related" link).

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Doctors Call for Shorter Gap Between Pfizer Covid Vaccine Doses in UK
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Russia

Ukrainian Scientists Fear for Their Lives and Future Amid Russian Threat

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Russia

Ukrainian Scientists Fear for Their Lives and Future Amid Russian Threat

Researchers say that conflict will hinder progress made since Ukraine's revolution in 2014.

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Switzerland

How Science Bolstered a Key European Climate-change Case

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Climate
Switzerland

How Science Bolstered a Key European Climate-change Case

A group of older women in Switzerland has taken the government to court over its inaction on climate change. Our experience of preparing evidence for the case offers six lessons for researchers.
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Europe

ERC Makes Bid to Become a 'permanent Standalone' EU Body

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ERC Makes Bid to Become a 'permanent Standalone' EU Body

The European Research Council (ERC) Scientific Council wants the EU's fundamental research fund to become independent from the European Commission, with a stable long-term budget.In a surprise move on June 17, the council sent a proposal to create an independent ERC to Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and research commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. So far, the letter has not been made public.
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