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Fire ants, goshawks and dog tongues. Oh my: the best of ScienceTake
ScienceTake 100th video: trying to offer compelling imagery, a glimpse at how science is done and answers to questions that are rarely asked.
Federal Council appoints Martin Vetterli President of EPFL
The President of the Research Council of the SNSF will take office on 1 January 2017, succeeding Patrick Aebischer, who has had 16 years at the helm of EPFL.
New research boss wants to reward fresh talent
Massimo Inguscio will take over from engineer Luigi Nicolais as president of Italy's largest research organization.
NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research
The NIH will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals.
NSF launches long-awaited diversity initiative
The NSF announced its intention to hand out small grants later this year to dozens of institutions to test novel ways of broadening participation in science and engineering.
Academics fall short in reporting results of clinical trials
Only one-third of trials at US medical centres are reported within two years of completion.
Accord
Accord
Science International has developed an international accord on the values of open data in the emerging scientific culture of big data. Endorsements are welcome until 1 May 2016.
A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind
Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.
Increasing access to the results of federally funded science
Three years after the OSTP directive, policies to make data and publications resulting from federally funded research publicly accessible are becoming the norm.
Science just wants to be free
On how scientific publishers are struggling to maintain their stranglehold over scientists.
The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world
The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world
What they fund and how they distribute their funds.
Mapping the hinterland: data issues in open science
This research investigates the relationship between open science and public engagement.
Enhancing Research Reproducibility
Recommendations from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
The relative impact factor of glamour journals is 2.166
Tweets of articles from Cell, Nature and Science journals all resulted in 2.166 more times clicks on the journal title rather than the anonymized links.
ETH top, Uni Zürich flop
Auf der neusten Rangliste der weltbesten Universitäten ist die ETH in die Top 20 vorgerückt. Die Uni Zürich dagegen ist zurückgefallen - zum vierten Mal in Folge.
€70 billion on the horizon for European researchers
The European Union's Horizon 2020 research program will offer researchers a generous source of funds for projects to resolve the challenges of today's society.
NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep US cyberspace secure and trustworthy
NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep the nation's cyberspace secure and trustworthy: Three large "Frontier" collaborative projects highlight efforts to tackle fundamental challenges in cybersecurity.
Ein Leben lang Feministin
Beate Schücking ist eine von sehr wenigen Frauen an der Spitze einer deutschen Universität. Sie wurde bekannt, als die Uni Leipzig beschloss, Hochschullehrer als "Professorin" zu bezeichnen.
South African universities 'racially skewed'?
Only one in 20 black South Africans succeeds in higher education, and more than half who enrol at university drop out before completing their degree, according to research published this week.
Les étudiants chinois moins nombreux à vouloir étudier aux Etats-Unis
La ruée vers les écoles américaines de tous les bons élèves du monde entier s'essouffle, d'après le Council of graduate schools. Sauf pour les Brésiliens et les Indiens, qui sont toujours plus nombreux à faire leur migration académique.
Latvian scientists look for the exit as funding situation worsens
A team leader at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis in Riga is looking to leave Latvia in search of a paying job in science, trying to escape what he calls the 'catastrophic' situation in research.
Researchers at Asian universities attract more industry funding than American counterparts
Researchers at Asian universities attract more industry funding than American counterparts
The World Academic Summit Innovation Index finds that university scientific researchers from many Asian nations are attracting substantially more industry funding per researcher than their American counterparts.
Decline in government funding for science and technology in Canada
The amount of government funding for science and technology in Canada is expected to decline for another year.
Ivy League's huge debts revealed
Eleven of the most selective universities in the US have a combined $26 billion (£16.8 billion) in debt on the books, according to a new analysis.
US studies may overestimate effect sizes in softer research
US studies may overestimate effect sizes in softer research
Many biases affect scientific research, causing a waste of resources, posing a threat to human health, and hampering scientific progress. These problems are hypothesized to be worsened by lack of consensus on theories and methods, by selective publication processes, and by career systems too heavily oriented toward productivity, such as those adopted in the US.
Does "science" make you moral? The effects of priming science on moral judgments and behavior
Does "science" make you moral? The effects of priming science on moral judgments and behavior
Science stands as an ideological force insofar as it offers the answers to a variety of fundamental questions and concerns; as such, those who pursue scientific inquiry have been shown to be concerned with the moral and social ramifications of their scientific endeavors.