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.
Excluded, intimidated and harassed: LGBT physicists face discrimination
Transgender people are the most affected.
Wellcome Trust and COAF Open Access Spend, 2014-15
The Wellcome Trust publishes details of Open Access spend and analysis of whether they get what they pay for.
How Journalists Can Help Hold Scientists Accountable
Amid the so-called replication crisis, could better investigative reporting be the answer? Maybe it’s time for journalists and scientists to work more closely together.
The Societal and Economic Impacts of Academic Research
A report produced by Digital Science, together with an international collaboration of leading higher education professionals and policy experts who give their views on the global impact agenda in research policy and discuss what evidence of impact is useful to them.
Set up a ‘self-retraction’ system for honest errors
Notices should make obvious whether a withdrawal of research is the result of misconduct or a genuine mistake, says Daniele Fanelli.
Turkish scholar who eluded arrest describes 'witch hunt'
Three of Meral Camcı’s fellow academics are imprisoned for criticizing the government; more arrests may follow.
Springer Nature To Extend Content Sharing To Whole Springer Nature-owned Journal Portfolio
Springer Nature To Extend Content Sharing To Whole Springer Nature-owned Journal Portfolio
Authors and subscribers will be able to share content from over 2,700 journals and 300,000 new articles per annum with researchers across widely accessible platforms
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