The Slippery Slope of Scientific Ethics
A new biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer emphasizes the personal and political over the scientific, missing an opportunity to deeply engage with scientific ethics.
Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories
Transparency and reproducibility, reuse, and credit are three key reasons why data sharing and data citation are important for scientific progress.
After 40 Years, Researchers Finally See Earth's Climate Destiny More Clearly
Landmark study narrows bounds for "climate sensitivity," ruling out benign warming.
Political Candidates Who Fight Climate Change Stand to Benefit in Election
Nearly 52% of Floridians favor candidates who reduce climate impacts. About 68% believe the state should take more action on climate issues and 67% feel the federal government should as well. Notably, 88% acknowledge climate change is occurring. About 75% of respondents advocate for a diversified energy mix to include more electricity produced by renewable sources. Nearly 73% of respondents worry about home energy expenses and nearly 58% are concerned about being able to afford and maintain homeowners’ insurance due to climate change.
Universities Should Encourage Scientists to Speak Out about Public Issues
Universities Should Encourage Scientists to Speak Out about Public Issues
Opioids. Fracking. Zika. GMOs. Scientists should be speaking up about all sorts of science-based issues that affect our lives. Especially now, when Trump administration officials tell us that climate change is debatable.
Role of Scientific Advice in Covid-19 Policy
This article discusses why scientific advice must be separate from government decisions and evaluate the autonomy and transparency of the UK's system.
Why We Need The Humanities More Than Ever
In our complex and interconnected world, we need leaders of imagination, understanding, and emotional intelligence. To cultivate such leaders, we must value and invest in the humanities, says Peter Salovey, President of Yale University.
Paywalls Block Scientific Progress. Research Should Be Open to Everyone
To democratise scholarly publishing, individual academics need to take action.
Lab Wars, a game of scientific sabotage
Two researchers today launch a game that captures this anarchic spirit. Board-game fans Caezar Al-Jassar, a postdoc at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, and Kuly Heer, a clinical psychologist, have designed the card game Lab Wars to represent the scientific rat race, with extra sabotage.
Scientific journals should stop trying to be exciting - and focus on being right
Scientists desperate to have an "impact" in their field are cherry-picking and misrepresenting their results. It's the natural result of a desperate scramble to publish. Science, according to a recent Nature article, is like Battleship. You fire shots into the dark and mostly miss your target.
What Do Our Researchers Think About the EOSC?
Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC. So, what do our researchers say one year after the launch of the initiative? How do they think will they benefit from the EOSC? What are and what can be their roles? Let's see what physicist Toma Susi has to say.
Why Media Should Rethink the Way It Covers Science
Across time, public understanding about how science works is affected by journalism. A journalist, with very little extra effort, can increase the accuracy of public understanding and minimize public vulnerability to distortions of science.
UZH Researchers Embrace Open Access
Around half of researchers already publish their work with open access, according to a comprehensive survey carried out by the Main Library of the University of Zurich. Besides a number of positive results, the survey also revealed a need for more information.
10 Tips for Writing a Truly Terrible Journal Article
Some of the major mistakes early career researchers make when preparing and submitting a manuscript to a scientific journal.
Why Diversity Helps to Produce Stronger Research
Teams should comprise all gender identities to spark the most innovative endeavours, say researchers.
Brazil's Budget Cuts Threaten More Than 80,000 Science Scholarships
If the country's main science-funding agency doesn't get more cash soon, young researchers will stop getting paid.
The World's Scientific Panel on Biodiversity Needs a Bigger Role
IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
Why Swiss China Scholars Can't Build the China Expertise They Need
Why Swiss China Scholars Can't Build the China Expertise They Need
Increasingly stringent controls on overseas research into China have made it difficult for many academics, including those in Switzerland, to carry on their work. These scholars say Switzerland should do more to support them.
Why Are Women More Prone to Long Covid?
While men over 50 tend to suffer the most acute symptoms of coronavirus, women who get long Covid outnumber men by as much as four to one
MEPs Vote to Grant Researchers Greater Freedom to Text and Data Mine
Researchers gain more access to hi-tech research tool, but data start-ups warn the narrow rules create "a backseat for Europe's innovators".
Building a More Sustainable World Will Need More Women Engineers
Women are seriously under-represented in the engineering world - but they can problem-solve from a uniquely impactful perspective.
Public-health Experts Should Be More Political, Not Less
Health has always been political, long before Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr took power. Denying this is what's been killing us.
Why it should be a key issue for university leaders
Universities are drowning in digital information. It's time senior leaders made openness – and its consequences – their concern.
How to Counter 'Manels' and Make Scientific Meetings More Inclusive
Atmospheric scientist Angie Pendergrass spoke to Nature about a newly-published guide to broadening participation in conferences.
Building Links with BioRxiv: Expanding the Choice for Researchers
Researchers can submit their work directly from bioRxiv to F1000Research offering more choice and flexibility to authors in deciding when to set preprints to under invited peer review.
Scientific Publishing Is a Rip-Off. We Fund the Research - It Should Be Free
Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thieves, says George Monbiot.
Who Should Speak for Academics over the Future of Publishing?
Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe
Why Scientists Shouldn’t Replicate Their Own Work
For a career-minded scientist, to fail to replicate your own work is worse than never doing the replication at all.
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