Scientific writing: the online cooperative
Collaborative browser-based tools aim to change the way researchers write and publish their papers.
Last Week Tonight: Scientific Studies
John Oliver discusses how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information as science.
The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
Today's complex, dynamic scientific results are often found with the help of computers. And yet the most popular tool we have for communicating these results is the PDF - literally a simulation of a piece of paper. Maybe we can do better.
Medicine Nobel Prize Goes to Circadian Rhythm Researchers
Three U.S. scientists share the 2017 award.
Visa will support international mobility for top researchers in UK
The Wellcome Trust and the RCUK plan to pilot a streamlined endorsement process to make it easier for outstanding international researchers to obtain Tier 1 Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise visas.
Ethnic Diversity Increases Scientific Impact
Preprint showing that ethnic diversity consistently leads to higher scientific impact.
China Issues Regulations for Improving Security and Management of Scientific Data
China Issues Regulations for Improving Security and Management of Scientific Data
The regulations issued by the State Council aim to improve the management, security, accuracy, and openness of scientific data.
Put It on Camera: How to Get into Scientific Film- and Video-Making
It’s easier than ever to learn how to produce captivating clips that can boost your scientific outreach - or open the door to a new job.
More Than 100 Universities and Colleges in Offshore Leaks Data
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
Brilliant Scientific Discoveries We Have Badass Women to Thank For
Despite numerous push-backs and disregard from male colleagues, these women persevered to make some of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, paving the way for millions of young women and girls to enter what was traditionally a male-dominated industry.
More than half of 2007-2012 research articles now free to read
More than half of all peer-reviewed research articles published from 2007 to 2012 are now free to download somewhere on the Internet, according to a report produced for the European Commission.
NSF unveils plan to make scientific papers free
Scientific journal articles will become freely available, thanks to new policies at major U.S. science agencies.
Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition
Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.
Researchers just released profile data on 70,000 OkCupid users without permission
A group of researchers has released a data set on nearly 70,000 users of the online dating site OkCupid. The data dump breaks the cardinal rule of social science research ethics: It took identifiable personal data without permission.
Prestige Drives Epistemic Inequality in the Diffusion of Scientific Ideas
The role of faculty hiring networks in shaping the spread of ideas in computer science, and the importance of where in the network an idea originates: research from prestigious institutions spreads more quickly and completely than work of similar quality originating from less prestigious institutions.
Why science's universal language is a problem for research
The vast majority of scientific papers today are published in English. What gets lost when other languages get left out?
The most interesting recent scientific news
Edge annual question: what do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?
Peer Review Is in Crisis, But Should Be Fixed, Not Abolished
The traditional mode of publishing scientific research faces much criticism – primarily for being too slow and sometimes shoddily done. Maybe fewer publications of higher quality is the way forward.
Science Is Imperfect. We Should Admit That.
One prominent research journal just updated its description to explain why it won’t be perfect—and that’s great.
Neuroscience risks being the next scientific bubble
Neuroscience risks being the next scientific bubble
Overly optimistic investments in scientific fields, research methods and technologies generate episodes comparable to those experienced by financial markets prior to crashing.
Male Scientists Share More, but Only With Other Men
Evolutionary differences blamed for squeezing out female researchers.
Elsevier publishing – a look at the numbers, and more
Key journal performance data for 2015 and other highlights from a business that is doing a lot more than publishing.
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Data Sharing Should Be In Everyone’s Interest
Journals to solve 'John Smith' common name problem by requiring author IDs
In an open letter some of the largest academic publishers and scientific societies are announcing that they will not just encourage, but ultimately require, researchers to sign up with ORCID.
Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest
A current debate about conflicts of interest related to biomedical research is to question whether the focus on financial conflicts of interest overshadows “nonfinancial” interests that could put scientific judgment at equal or greater risk of bias.
Scientific Publications in Switzerland, 2006-2015
With some 173,000 articles during the period 2011-2015, Switzerland produced 1% of worldwide publications. It is therefore in the top 20 countries of all sizes that publish the most scientific articles.
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