The elephant in the room we can’t ignore
If Donald Trump were to trigger a crisis in Western democracy, scientists would need to look at their part in its downfall, says Colin Macilwain.
Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science!
Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science! - Digital Economy & Society
Many scientific “truths” are, in fact, false
“Science isn’t about truth and falsity, it’s about reducing uncertainty.”
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure supporting the reuse of scholarly data. A diverse set of stakeholders—representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers—have come together to design and jointly endorse a concise and measureable set of principles that we refer to as the FAIR Data Principles.
Journal-Flipping Public Consultation
Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: A Review of Approaches and Experiences
What psychology’s crisis means for the future of science
The field is currently undergoing a painful period of introspection. It will emerge stronger than before.
The selfish scientist’s guide to preprint posting
Benefits and costs to the authors of posting preprints as a function of the time of posting.
The Signal and the Noise
Once again, reproducibility is in the news. Most recently we hear that irreproducibility is irreproducible and thus everything is actually fine...
Parent Carer Scientist
A collection of 150 personal stories from scientists who are combining a career in research with their roles as parents and carers, each in their own way.
Announcing the ORCID GERMANY project
We're delighted to announce a new project - ORCID DE - launched recently to foster and support ORCID adoption in Germany.
Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather' of deep learning, on AlphaGo
The scientist who helped develop the neural networks behind Google's AlphaGo, which beat grandmaster Lee Sedol, on the past, present and future of AI
Women in science: equality is impossible unless society shifts
Women have come a long way in science, but plenty of work remains. After all, gender bias in science doesn't happen in a vacuum.
On pastrami and the business of PLOS
Last week my friend Andy Kern (a population geneticist at Rutgers) went on a bit of a bender on Twitter prompted by his discovery of PLOS’s IRS Form 990 – the annual required financial filing of non-profit corporations in the United States.
What is sonification, and how can it speed discovery in science?
Scientific data might be filled with important things waiting to be discovered.
As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling?
Say again? NSF massages grant titles with eye on critics in Congress
Survey finds that 24% of research projects get new titles, up from 10% in 2012
A new model for training scientists could create a conflict of interest
Johns Hopkins and MedImmune team up to train scientists
Weaving the Internet of Data
High level European policy meeting on funding research data to support open innovation, 6 April 2016, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
From Little Science to Big Science
The number of researchers doubles every ten to fifteen years. In his manuscript, Gottfried Schatz highlights the problems which growth creates for science. He explains the difference between knowledge and science and the reason why less knowledge and more science should be taught in our kindergartens, schools and universities.
Eastern blocked
Countries with weak national research systems were always going to struggle to win ERC grants.
Apple launches CareKit to let people develop their own health apps
Apple announced today the launch of CareKit, a new open source software platform that allows people to develop their own health care apps.
China finally setting guidelines for treating lab animals
China has released its first national standards governing the treatment of laboratory animals, and scientists hope the guidelines will improve both conditions for animals and China’s prospects for international research collaborations.
Sharing Knowledge, for a Price
While we may be drawn to the fantasy of Robin Hood, it is easy to see the danger of putting one individual’s idea of right and wrong ahead of society’s democratically enforced laws.
Australian cryptologists concerned by restrictive exports law
Other scientists also say the need to get a permit for applied ‘dual-use’ research may constrain academic freedom.
“Academics can publish journals of the highest quality without a commercial entity”
“Academics can publish journals of the highest quality without a commercial entity”
Fields Medal-winning Cambridge mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers and a team of colleagues have recently launched a new editor-owned Open Access (OA) journal for mathematics.
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