Big data studies come with replication challenges
The truth can be hard to find with millions of data points and lots of room for error.
Is 'academic citizenship' under strain?
A wide range of essential under-the-radar tasks sustain academic culture, but who will perform them in an increasingly careerist academy?
Tackling unethical authorship deals on scientific publications
The research excellence of academics is often measured by the quantity and quality of their scholarly publications. But how do we know that all authors listed on a publication have actually been involved in the research?
Research groups: how big should they be?
This study investigates the relationship between research group size and productivity in the life sciences in the UK and shows that the number of publications increases linearly with group size, but that the slope is modest relative to the intercept, and that the relationship explains little of the variance in productivity.
Race, Inequality and Diversity in the Academy
Race inequality remains prevalent throughout all areas of higher education, including staffing, admissions and employment, according to a report released by leading UK race equality think tank the Runnymede Trust.
Public and scientists’ views on science and society
Both the public and scientists value the contributions ofscience, but there are large differences in how each perceives science issues.
Twenty-three questions on the lives of scientists
The website is called The Scientific 23 because each interviewee was asked 23 questions.
How did science come to speak only English?
If you can read this sentence, you can talk with a scientist. Well, maybe not about the details of her research, but at least you would share a common language.
A little bias in peer review scores can translate into big money, simulation finds
A new computer simulation explores just how sensitive the process might be to bias and randomness. Its answer: very.
NIH proposal to create grant for aging scientists hits a nerve
NIH's proposal-an "emeritus" award that senior scientists would use to pass their work on to younger colleagues and wind down their labs is being blasted in the blogosphere.
Is the professor bossy or brilliant?
Male professors are brilliant, awesome and knowledgeable. Women are bossy and annoying, and beautiful or ugly. These are a few of the results from a new interactive chart that was gaining notice on social media.
Human Brain Project to be rethought
The European Commission says its outside experts have agreed there must be more integration, better infrastructure and an emphasis on concrete results.
The benefits of negative science
A new JAMA study found the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is silent on matters of scientific misconduct and fraud.
Why scholarly communication can't be free
The ‘no costs’ fallacy is based on the idea that for a commercial publisher, manuscripts are free, peer review is free, editorial boards are free, and electronic dissemination is free.
It's time to ditch the PDF
The PDF makes reading science research even more difficult and prevents a two-way conversation from taking place.
Bigger is not better when it comes to lab size
An analysis linking the number of researchers in a lab to productivity spurs online debate.
Oath market
Quality control in science journals is evolving, with a code of ethics in hot pursuit.
Reproducible research can still be wrong
Reproducibility alone is insufficient to address the replication crisis because even a reproducible analysis can suffer from many problems that threaten the validity and useful interpretation of the results.
Fundref
FundRef provides a standard way to report funding sources for published scholarly research.
A network boost
How scientists can use Twitter to expand their social contacts and find jobs.
Nature journals offer
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Over 20 research institutions using altmetrics platform
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Analysis shows that young scientists lead the way on fresh ideas
Analysis of millions of papers finds that junior biomedical researchers tend to work on more innovative topics than their senior colleagues do.
Survey shows that how scientists should engage the public
A survey finds that 87% of scientists agree with the statement “Scientists should take an active role in public policy debates about issues related to science and technology.
Pope Francis announced a Startup Accelerator
A startup accelerator called "Scholas.Labs" was announced during an education event hosted by Pope Francis.
Good governance powers innovation
Corruption is a barrier to innovation. Greater scrutiny of public spending is needed if science and technology are to fulfil their potential.
'Macho' university culture mirrors banks' mistakes
'Macho' university culture mirrors banks' mistakes
Professors issue warning over obsession with performance management and research excellence.
John Ioannidis has dedicated his life to quantifying how science is broken
An interview with John Ioannidis, co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford.
Failure in real science is good
Real scientific controversies are self-correcting shows the BICEP2 and Planck example.
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