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Integrity
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Mistakes Happen in Research Papers. But Corrections Often Don't

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Mistakes Happen in Research Papers. But Corrections Often Don't

A culture of fear around corrections and retractions is hampering efforts to maintain the integrity of scientific research.

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American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living

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American postdoctoral salaries do not account for growing disparities in cost of living

The NIH sets postdoctoral trainee stipend levels that many institutions use as a basis for postdoc salaries - but while salary standards are held constant across universities, the cost of living in those universities’ cities and towns vary widely. 

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Is Development an Art or a Science?

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Is Development an Art or a Science?

Reflecting on nearly twenty years of transdisciplinary practice and research and the recent publication of their new book, New Mediums, Better Messages? How Innovations in Translation, Engagement, and Advocacy are Changing International Development, this article considers how the role of popular and vernacular knowledge is essential to international development.

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European Research Leaders Shocked at Swiss Expulsion from European Research Infrastructure Body

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EU
Infrastructures

European Research Leaders Shocked at Swiss Expulsion from European Research Infrastructure Body

European research leaders have reacted with disappointment to Switzerland's expulsion from the body that coordinates scientific infrastructure across the continent.

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Funding

Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach

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Funding

Ten Reasons Why Research Collaborations Succeed - A Random Forest Approach

Based on the state of research in the Science of Team Science, the question of which intra- and interpersonal factors are most significant for the success of a research team is investigated.

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Early Career Researchers

Manifesto for Early Career Researchers

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Early Career Researchers

Manifesto for Early Career Researchers

The Manifesto for Early Career Researchers calls for increasing the recognition of the research activity and fostering diversified research careers at a European level. 

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Policy
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Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence

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Researchers Engaging with Policy Should Take into Account Policymakers' Varied Perceptions of Evidence

This post highlights four different approaches to evidence in policymaking and suggest how researchers and policy organisations might use these findings to engage differently with policy

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How India's Caste System Limits Diversity in Science - in Six Charts

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How India's Caste System Limits Diversity in Science - in Six Charts

Data show how privileged groups still dominate many of the country's elite research institutes.

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Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

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Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.

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EU

Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

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Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

The EU is to pilot a new initiative that aims to improve working conditions for young researchers, starting in 2024. The pilot will test how the European Commission, member states and industry could work together to coordinate financing and knowledge networks and strengthen and diversify research career paths by promoting links between academia and industry.  

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Publishing

ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author 

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ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author 

Preceding all others, a peer-reviewed paper titled 'Open artificial intelligence platforms in nursing education: Tools for academic progress or abuse?' was recently published by Siobhan O'Connor, Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Western University.

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Education

The Swiss Education System Explained

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Education

The Swiss Education System Explained

Ever wondered how the Swiss education system works? Then this graphic is for you.

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Technology
International

Inside Effective Altruism's Plan to Stop Science Killing Us All

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International

Inside Effective Altruism's Plan to Stop Science Killing Us All

Effective Altruism (EA), a movement of rationalist do-gooders that has been growing in size and influence for just over a decade, hit the headlines worldwide in 2022 - although not quite as its supporters hoped.

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Data Privacy

Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing

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Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing

President Joe Biden wants Congress to establish clear rules for biometric data policies and tools used in criminal investigations.

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Early Career Researchers
Academia

PhD Training is No Longer Fit for Purpose - It Needs Reform Now

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Early Career Researchers
Academia

PhD Training is No Longer Fit for Purpose - It Needs Reform Now

If researchers are to meet society's expectations, their training and mentoring must escape the nineteenth century.

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Biotechnology
Biomedicine

New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety

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Ethics
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Biotechnology
Biomedicine

New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety

A new global organisation is trying to prevent dramatic advances in bioscience from unleashing engineered pathogens from the lab, and wants research funders, scientists and journals to help. The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) warns that scientists might be able to order the DNA of dangerous pathogens like smallpox from unregulated companies, and wants much tighter screening of the industry.

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Early Career Researchers
Preprints

Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training

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Preprints

Preprint Review Should Form Part of PhD Programmes and Postdoc Training

Institutions owe it to young researchers to prepare them for careers outside academia. Preprint review is a perfect opportunity.

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Policy
Research

How to Talk to Policymakers About Research

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Research

How to Talk to Policymakers About Research

This article summarises common errors when talking to policymakers about research and looks at how to improve the relationship between researchers and policymakers.

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Publishing
Science Culture

ChatGPT Listed As Author on Research Papers: Many Scientists Disapprove

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Publishing
Science Culture

ChatGPT Listed As Author on Research Papers: Many Scientists Disapprove

At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.

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Leadership
Research

Mastering the Art of Saying No Should Be Part of a Research Leader's Toolkit

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Leadership
Research

Mastering the Art of Saying No Should Be Part of a Research Leader's Toolkit

Learning how to deliver a polite refusal, alongside management training, will help young scholars with leadership ambitions.

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Biosecurity
US

US should expand rules for risky virus research to more pathogens, panel says

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Biosecurity
US

US should expand rules for risky virus research to more pathogens, panel says

Draft report from biosecurity panel examining “gain-of-function” research policy gets mixed response from outside experts.

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US
Diversity

A top US science oversight board is about to get much more diverse

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Diversity

A top US science oversight board is about to get much more diverse

Biden’s choices for National Science Board boost presence of women and minority scientists.

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Open Access

Confused by Open-access Policies? These Tools Can Help

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Open Access

Confused by Open-access Policies? These Tools Can Help

Emerging software helps funding agencies and scientists to ensure that research follows the rules.

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Diversity
Equality

A Policy Framework for Inclusive Research Design

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Diversity
Equality

A Policy Framework for Inclusive Research Design

Lilian Hunt, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Health Lead at Wellcome, tells us about a framework to improve inclusive research policies and its impact for future research design.

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Science
Politics

Doomsday Clock at Record 90 Seconds to Midnight Amid Ukraine Crisis

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Politics

Doomsday Clock at Record 90 Seconds to Midnight Amid Ukraine Crisis

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight the clock has been since it was established in 1947 to illustrate global existential threats at the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.

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Open Science

Biomedical Institutions Agree on a Set of Open Science Practices to Monitor

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Biomedical Institutions Agree on a Set of Open Science Practices to Monitor

Eighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science practices to be implemented and monitored.

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Politics

Science and Politics Are Inseparable

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Politics

Science and Politics Are Inseparable

Ideally, policy makers are relying on the best available science to inform their decisions. Unfortunately, that is not always the case, because often “politics” gets in the way. And that is why it is crucial that scientists recognize their power.

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AI
Science Culture

Tools Such As ChatGPT Threaten Transparent Science; Here Are Our Ground Rules for Their Use

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Science Culture

Tools Such As ChatGPT Threaten Transparent Science; Here Are Our Ground Rules for Their Use

As researchers dive into the brave new world of advanced AI chatbots, publishers need to acknowledge their legitimate uses and lay down clear guidelines to avoid abuse.

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Switzerland
EU
Collaboration

Swiss Universities Rush to Join Alliances As EU Talks Stall

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EU
Collaboration

Swiss Universities Rush to Join Alliances As EU Talks Stall

Locked out of key European research and education programmes, Swiss universities are forging another path via alliances with European universities.

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Research Assessment
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DORA at 10: Looking Back at the History and Forward to the Future of Research Assessment

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Research Assessment
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DORA at 10: Looking Back at the History and Forward to the Future of Research Assessment

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

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