Mouse microbes may make scientific studies harder to replicate
The zoo of bacteria and viruses within each lab animal may be confounding experiments.
Should systematic reviewers report suspected misconduct?
Authors of systematic review articles sometimes overlook misconduct and conflicts of interest present in the research they are analyzing, according to a recent study published in BMJ Open.
Creation of a Central Preprint Service for the Life Sciences
At the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop (May 24, 2016, NIH), representatives from 16 funding agencies requested that ASAPbio “develop a proposal describing the governance, infrastructure and standards desired for a preprint service that represents the views of the broadest number of stakeholders.” We are now holding a Technical Workshop to advise on the infrastructure and standards for a Central Service (CS) for preprints. ASAPbio will integrate the output of the meeting and community and stakeholder feedback into a proposal to funding agencies this fall. The funders may issue a formal RFA to which any interested parties could apply for funding.
Interview with Richard Morey: radical transparency, evidence, and skepticism.
Richard Morey on thinking about evidence, selling dog food, and how individual scientist can deal with the crisis in the social sciences.
Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System
Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System
A system of academic endorsement based on blockchain technology would be decoupled from the publication process, which would allow expeditious appraisal of all kinds of scientific output in a transparent manner without relying on any central authority.
UC Pay It Forward Project
UC Davis and CDL Investigation of the Institutional Costs of Gold Open Access
Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A New Journalistic Beat?
Covering sexism and sexual harassment in the sciences and academia may not yet be a full-fledged beat for journalists, but it's getting there.
Two Cheers for the Retraction Boom
Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus praise the growing scrutiny of scientific publications.
Bad Science Evolves. Stopping It Means Changing Institutional Selection Pressures
Bad Science Evolves. Stopping It Means Changing Institutional Selection Pressures
On The Natural Selection of Bad Science.
Fabricating science: discussing fraud can rebuild community confidence and deepen understanding of how science works
Fabricating science: discussing fraud can rebuild community confidence and deepen understanding of how science works
Openly discussing the history of science, where is has gone wrong, and the incredible efforts individual scientists go to uncover fraud should inspire confidence in its self-correcting nature.
Donald Trump's Lack of Respect for Science Is Alarming
The U.S. presidential election shows how far the political conversation has degenerated from the nation's founding principles of truth and evidence.
Make Data Sharing Routine to Prepare for Public Health Emergencies
Jean-Paul Chretien and colleagues argue that recent Ebola and Zika virus outbreaks highlight the importance of data sharing in scientific research.
In CRISPR Fight, Co-Inventor Says Broad Institute Misled Patent Office
New evidence in the battle to control a gene-editing technology that is worth billions.
Science Communication as a Moral Imperative
While things are improving, we need to do a much better job of encouraging scientists to be stronger communicators, and share the wonders of science, and the important results of their research, to the broader world. To do less is a moral failure of science and academia.
How open government data creates smarter societies
Why government leaders should publish the reams of data they’re collecting — and why citizens everywhere should push them to do so.
The A to Z of social media for academia
Your definitive guide to using social media as an academic
Choosing the nontenure track
“Isn't this just a glorified postdoc position? Won't taking this offer hurt my chances of landing a tenure-track professor position?”
Progress lies in precision
If we want to achieve the ambitions set out by the United Nations for global health and development by 2030, we need to bring two worlds closer together through a new concept—precision public health.
Should writing for the public count toward tenure?
The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” -- work often largely ignored -- in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
Saving Science
Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing. To save the enterprise, scientists must come out of the lab and into the real world.
A Different Kind of Scientific Revolution
Barbara A. Spellman on the role of technological and demographic changes
Nasa to make all its research available free on the Internet
Nasa to make all its research available free on the Internet
The American space agency, Nasa, is to make all its research available free of charge.
How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips
How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips
Responding to reviewer reports is a key part of publishing academic work in peer reviewed journals. But if you’ve received mixed reviews of a paper or are publishing for the first time, where do you start?
The Unpredictable Art of Science — and a Tentative Manifesto to Foster It
If we continue on the current path of adding ever tighter controls and conformities to research without understanding their effects on the impact and quality of that research, then we will likely be wasting money.
Ministry purge may be a lifeline for embattled Russian Academy of Sciences
Ministry purge may be a lifeline for embattled Russian Academy of Sciences
New science minister promises to review controversial reforms
Why scientists are losing the fight to communicate science to the public
Scientists and science communicators are engaged in a constant battle with ignorance. But that’s an approach doomed to failure, says Richard P Grant.
A Simple, Low-Cost, Effective Method for Increasing Transparency
Badges that acknowledge open practices significantly increase sharing of reported data and materials, as well as subsequent accessibility, correctness, usability, and completeness.
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