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Trump's Latest Order Spreads Fear Among Government Scientists

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Politics

Trump's Latest Order Spreads Fear Among Government Scientists

The directive could make it easier to fire some agency researchers and hire others for political reasons.

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New Year's Resolution: Research Group Aims to Fix the Way the World Collaborates on Technology

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New Year's Resolution: Research Group Aims to Fix the Way the World Collaborates on Technology

With the COVID-19 crisis still underway and a climate crisis looming, an international group of senior researchers is pushing the world's biggest economies to reform the way they manage collaboration on emerging technologies. In coming years, argues a group participant, David Delpy, professor of medical photonics at University College London, the world risks conflict over who controls and benefits from a range of emerging technologies from climate control to 6G wireless networks.

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Building an Equitable Global Science System

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Building an Equitable Global Science System

Over the course of the past 70 years, academic journal articles have become commodities and researchers in the majority of the world have been margina...
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Is Policy Keeping Up with Science and Technology Breakthroughs?

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Is Policy Keeping Up with Science and Technology Breakthroughs?

Ignacio Vázquez, Policy Lead at Wellcome, analyses recent reports on trends in scientific advancements and how policy makers internationally are responding.
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Careers

The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

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The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

Researchers are increasingly relying on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and its crowdsourced labor.

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Misconduct

The War on Facts Is a War on Democracy

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Misconduct

The War on Facts Is a War on Democracy

In a time when facts don’t matter, and science is being muzzled, American democracy is the real victim

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Cancer Funding in the UK Fits Global Pattern of Gender Bias

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Cancer Funding in the UK Fits Global Pattern of Gender Bias

Male scientists in the United Kingdom received an extra 40 pence for every pound awarded to women, reveals an analysis of cancer research funding over more than a decade.

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Open Access

Making Open Access the New Normal

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Making Open Access the New Normal

It has never been so easy to obtain grants for open access publications from the SNSF. Researchers can now apply for them on the mySNF online platform – even after the project has ended.

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China's Clampdown on Fake-paper Factories Picks Up Speed

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China's Clampdown on Fake-paper Factories Picks Up Speed

As part of a misconduct crackdown, Chinese funders are penalizing researchers who commission sham journal articles from 'paper mills', but some say the measures still don't go far enough.

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Who Did What: Changing How Science Papers Are Written to Detail Author Contributions

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Who Did What: Changing How Science Papers Are Written to Detail Author Contributions

Can science papers be more transparent with respect to who thought of each idea, who ran each experiment, and who analysed the data?

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The Science Behind Winning a Nobel Prize? Being a Man from a Wealthy Family

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The Science Behind Winning a Nobel Prize? Being a Man from a Wealthy Family

A lot of talent is wasted in a world where more than half of laureates come from households in the richest 5%.

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As Impact is Increasingly Found in Non-academic Careers What Skills Do PhD Students Need Now?

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Early Career Researchers
Impact

As Impact is Increasingly Found in Non-academic Careers What Skills Do PhD Students Need Now?

Students and institutions have much to gain from taking the impact competencies developed through doctoral research more seriously.
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'Philanthropy Is no substitute for government funding'

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'Philanthropy Is no substitute for government funding'

There has been an upsurge in philanthropy for scientific research by America's billionaires. Still, in size and scope, philanthropy pales in comparison to public financing for science.

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Innovation

Moneyball for Professors?

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Innovation

Moneyball for Professors?

Using analytics to improve hiring decisions has transformed industries from baseball to investment banking. So why are tenure decisions for professors still made the old-fashioned way?, asks Erik Brynjolfsson from MIT.

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Do Large Language Models Have a Legal Duty to Tell The Truth?

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Society

Do Large Language Models Have a Legal Duty to Tell The Truth?

Leading experts in regulation and ethics at the Oxford Internet Institute, have identified a new type of harm created by LLMs which they believe poses long-term risks to democratic societies and needs to be addressed by creating a new legal duty for LLM providers.

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Politics

Hundreds of Candidates Put the “Science” in “Political Science”

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Politics

Hundreds of Candidates Put the “Science” in “Political Science”

More U.S. scientists are running for state and federal office in the U.S. midterm elections than ever before.

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Equality

Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender

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Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender

An empirical analysis of researchers’ publications reveals that females have fewer distinct coauthors yet have a lower chance of repeating previous coauthors than their male counterparts.

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The Mathematicians Who Want to Save Democracy

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The Mathematicians Who Want to Save Democracy

With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative.

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'Nature's Emergency is Our Emergency Too'

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Biodiversity
Society

'Nature's Emergency is Our Emergency Too'

Critical scientific assessment of humanity's impact on nature to be released after Paris negotiations.

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EU

On the Brink of a Damaging Departure from EU Research

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Horizon Europe
EU

On the Brink of a Damaging Departure from EU Research

Uncertainty in British politics is a headache for UK researchers

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Policy

Policy Advice in Times of Crisis

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Policy Advice in Times of Crisis

In sudden crises, there is a lot of uncertainty, yet decisions need to be made quickly. Alexander Bogner and his team used examples from Austria, Germany and the UK to shed light on what good policy advice should look like in times of crisis.
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Lasker Awards Given for Work in Physiology, Virology and Science Education

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Lasker Awards Given for Work in Physiology, Virology and Science Education

The Lasker Awards, among the most respected prizes in medicine, will go to six researchers who made major discoveries in physiology and virology, and to a scientist who has tirelessly promoted science education.

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US Government Lifts Ban on Risky Pathogen Research

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US Government Lifts Ban on Risky Pathogen Research

The National Institutes of Health will again fund research that makes viruses more dangerous.

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Open Access

Deal Reveals What Scientists in Germany Are Paying for Open Access

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Open Access

Deal Reveals What Scientists in Germany Are Paying for Open Access

Project Deal, a consortium of libraries, universities, and research institutes in Germany, has unveiled an unprecedented deal with a major journal publisher, Wiley, that is drawing close scrutiny from advocates of open access to scientific papers.

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Public Health

Shoddy Coronavirus Studies Are Going Viral And Stoking Panic

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Public Health

Shoddy Coronavirus Studies Are Going Viral And Stoking Panic

Scientists are rapidly posting findings about the new coronavirus outbreak online, accelerating the speed of scientific discoveries - and of misinformation.

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Integrity

Fraud and Peer Review

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Fraud and Peer Review

An interview that offers a discussion on the role of peer review in uncovering scientific fraud from the perspective of a historian of science.

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Equality

University Research Fellowships

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Equality

University Research Fellowships

Why only 2 of 43 young scientists receiving the prestigious University Research Fellowships in the UK were women.

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UK
Funding

Tech and Talent Win Big in U.K. Science Budget

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Funding

Tech and Talent Win Big in U.K. Science Budget

Government unveils first details of £4.7 billion R&D boost, targeting technology and drawing more students and scientists to the lab.

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Open Data
Education

Versioned Data

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Education

Versioned Data

Why is is needed and how it can be achieved easily and cheaply.

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Open Access
Plan S

Systemic Reforms and Further Consultation Needed to Make Plan S a Success

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Plan S

Systemic Reforms and Further Consultation Needed to Make Plan S a Success

ALLEA welcomes the ambition of the coalition of European research funders to move the scientific publishing system towards open access; however, broader consultation with all parties is required during the implementation phase.

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