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Racism
Funding

Wellcome Trust says It Has Perpetuated 'Systemic Racism' in Science

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Racism
Funding

Wellcome Trust says It Has Perpetuated 'Systemic Racism' in Science

The research funder's admission has been largely welcomed, but experts say many institutions need to do much more to implement anti-racism pledges.

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Ukraine's Scientists Need Help to Rebuild Their Research System

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Ukraine's Scientists Need Help to Rebuild Their Research System

With countries around the world increasingly focusing on problems at home, the urgent need to reconstruct Ukraine's research and educational infrastructure must not be forgotten.

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Online Harassment: a Toolkit for Protecting Yourself from Abuse

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Online Harassment: a Toolkit for Protecting Yourself from Abuse

Scientists can take practical steps to prevent or pre-empt problems on social media.

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Higher Education
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European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum

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Higher Education
Universities

European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum

The European Universities initiative was conceived to develop higher education across the EU, with a tight focus on students and teaching. Higher education institutions from different countries were invited to form alliances and bid for Erasmus + funds to develop joint curricula and boost mobility. But innovation and entrepreneurship increasingly appear in the alliance playbook, particularly when the partners are close to the market.

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Open Access
US

The US Has Ruled All Taxpayer-funded Research Must Be Free to Read. What's the Benefit of Open Access?

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US

The US Has Ruled All Taxpayer-funded Research Must Be Free to Read. What's the Benefit of Open Access?

Lack of free access to research leads to discrimination, both in academia and for us all. The new guidance from the US is a huge step in the right direction.

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AI
Peer Review

The Researchers Using AI to Analyse Peer Review

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Peer Review

The Researchers Using AI to Analyse Peer Review

Anna Severin explains how her team used machine learning to try to assess the quality of thousands of reviewers' reports.

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Evaluation
Research Assessment
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Stress-Inducing and Anxiety-Ridden: A Practice-Based Approach to the Construction of Status-Bestowing Evaluations in Research Funding

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Evaluation
Research Assessment
Funding

Stress-Inducing and Anxiety-Ridden: A Practice-Based Approach to the Construction of Status-Bestowing Evaluations in Research Funding

More than resource allocations, evaluations of funding applications have become central instances for status bestowal in academia. Much attention in past literature has been devoted to grasping the status consequences of prominent funding evaluations. 

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China
Citations
Evaluation

China's Research Evaluation Reform: What Are the Consequences for Global Science?

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Citations
Evaluation

China's Research Evaluation Reform: What Are the Consequences for Global Science?

China created a research evaluation system based on publications indexed in the SCI and on the Journal Impact Factor, which helped China become the largest contributor to scientific literature and increase the position of its universities in global rankings.

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Climate
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IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped

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IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped

Fed up with what they saw as inaction by policymakers, three climate change scientists called on their colleagues to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting process. 

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Replication

How Failure to Falsify in High-Volume Science Contributes to the Replication Crisis

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How Failure to Falsify in High-Volume Science Contributes to the Replication Crisis

An increased emphasis on falsification - the direct testing of strong hypotheses - will lead to faster progress in science by allowing well-specified hypotheses to be eliminated.

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Ukraine
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Scientists in Ukraine Have Long Fought for Scientific Freedom

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Scientists in Ukraine Have Long Fought for Scientific Freedom

Researchers in the country have often shown creativity and resilience under threat. These strengths will be key to the future of science in Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

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Science Policy
Climate
Public Policy

Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality

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Climate
Public Policy

Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality

A new study provide scientific evidence assessing how effective governments will be at implementing their commitments to the agreement that will reduce CO2 emissions causing climate change.

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Europe
Climate

EU Needs to Act on the Science to Preserve Oceans

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EU Needs to Act on the Science to Preserve Oceans

As one of our most powerful tools for mitigating the effects of climate change, the ocean is a critical ally, and we must do everything in our power to safeguard it.

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What is Fog Data Science? Why is the Surveillance Company So Dangerous?

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What is Fog Data Science? Why is the Surveillance Company So Dangerous?

An Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation of public records acquired from dozens of state and local law enforcement agencies has uncovered a widely-used mass surveillance technology. 

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ETH Zurich Opens New Research Centre to Explore the Origins of Life

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Physics
Switzerland

ETH Zurich Opens New Research Centre to Explore the Origins of Life

ETH Zurich is opening a new research and teaching centre with a focus on exploring the origin and prevalence of life on Earth and beyond. Under the leadership of Noble Laureate, Didier Queloz, more than 40 research groups from five departments will address the big questions posed by humankind.

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Innovation

Out of Thin Air: New Solar-powered Invention Creates Hydrogen Fuel from the Atmosphere

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Out of Thin Air: New Solar-powered Invention Creates Hydrogen Fuel from the Atmosphere

Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity

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Public Health

Cannabis Researchers Say It's High Time to Drop 'lazy Stoner' Stereotype

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Cannabis Researchers Say It's High Time to Drop 'lazy Stoner' Stereotype

Users no more likely to lack motivation than non-users - but motivation may wane while under the influence

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Early Career Researchers
Careers

Feeling Lonely in Research? You're Not Alone

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Early Career Researchers
Careers

Feeling Lonely in Research? You're Not Alone

Opening up about my feelings during my PhD was powerful and cathartic.

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Geology

To Save the Deep Ocean, We Should Mine the Moon

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Geology

To Save the Deep Ocean, We Should Mine the Moon

The moon contains a lot of mineral wealth-but how practical is mining it?

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Big Data
Sustainability

Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk

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Big Data
Sustainability

Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk

About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.

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Prizes
Science

Researcher Transforming Our Knowledge of Dementia Wins $1 Million Science Prize

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Science

Researcher Transforming Our Knowledge of Dementia Wins $1 Million Science Prize

The Körber European Science Prize has been awarded to cell biologist Anthony Hyman. Hyman discovered a new state of biological matter that may hold the keys to some of the biggest questions in biology.

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International
Brexit

Experts Warn UK is Becoming Less Attractive for International Research Talent Post-Brexit

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International
Brexit

Experts Warn UK is Becoming Less Attractive for International Research Talent Post-Brexit

The UK government's plan to increase R&D spending requires a skilled workforce which its universities and research institutes will struggle to assemble, expert witnesses told the House of Lords' science and technology committee today. "The attractiveness of the UK as a destination for scientists might have decreased in recent years," said Maggie Dallman, vice president for international affairs and associate provost for academic partnerships at Imperial College London.

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'I Feel Lost': Chilean Researchers Saddened by Vote to Reject New Constitution

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'I Feel Lost': Chilean Researchers Saddened by Vote to Reject New Constitution

Nearly 62% of Chileans voted against the proposed charter, which would have boosted science.

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Open Data
Metadata

Without Appropriate Metadata, Data-Sharing Mandates Are Pointless

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Open Data
Metadata

Without Appropriate Metadata, Data-Sharing Mandates Are Pointless

Funders and investigators must demand appropriate metadata standards to take data from foul to FAIR.

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Ukraine

The Conduct of Science in Times of War

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The Conduct of Science in Times of War

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, allied governments rushed out a series of "science sanctions", as part of a broad campaign of penalties designed to deter Russia. What impact might they have on current or future science?

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COVID-19
Public Policy

Role of Scientific Advice in Covid-19 Policy

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COVID-19
Public Policy

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.

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Activism
Climate

Climate scientists are becoming climate activists as governments fail to heed warnings

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Activism
Climate

Climate scientists are becoming climate activists as governments fail to heed warnings

As the gulf between climate science and climate action grows, these scientists are putting their bodies on the line to demand more is done.

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UK

New U.K. Prime Minister Brings Worries About Research Funding and Climate Measures

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UK

New U.K. Prime Minister Brings Worries About Research Funding and Climate Measures

Liz Truss may not honor promises by outgoing leader Boris Johnson to make the United Kingdom a "science superpower".

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UK

Liz Truss Must Value Science, Not Fear It

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UK

Liz Truss Must Value Science, Not Fear It

Populist slogans won't cut it: the new UK government has nothing to lose and everything to gain by working constructively with scientists and universities.

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Open Access

Editorial: Public access is not equal access

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Open Access

Editorial: Public access is not equal access

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