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Integrity

Current Incentives for Scientists Lead to Underpowered Studies with Erroneous Conclusions

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Current Incentives for Scientists Lead to Underpowered Studies with Erroneous Conclusions

Researchers acting to maximise their fitness should spend most of their effort seeking novel results and conduct small studies that have only 10%–40% statistical power. As a result, half of the studies they publish will report erroneous conclusions. Current incentive structures are in conflict with maximising the scientific value of research; we suggest ways that the scientific ecosystem could be improved.

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Your Nominations for National Science Adviser Wanted

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Your Nominations for National Science Adviser Wanted

Send us your candidates, government says

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eLife Appoints New Head of Technology to Lead Open-Source Tool Development

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eLife Appoints New Head of Technology to Lead Open-Source Tool Development

eLife has appointed Paul Shannon as its new Head of Technology to oversee the development of tools and software in support of science communication.

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A Computer Program Just Ranked the Most Influential Brain Scientists of the Modern Era

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A Computer Program Just Ranked the Most Influential Brain Scientists of the Modern Era

Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles

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Mozilla Science

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Mozilla Science

In 2013, we set out to build Mozilla's first open science program with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Over three years later, we're pleased to announce a two-year award from the Sloan Foundation to further support that work in advancing openness, adoption and reproducibility in science.

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Semantic Scholar

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Semantic Scholar

An academic search engine that utilizes artificial intelligence methods to provide highly relevant results and novel tools to filter them with ease.

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The Academic, Economic and Societal Impacts of Open Access

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The Academic, Economic and Societal Impacts of Open Access

While deceptive publishing remains an ongoing issue, particularly in the developing world, increasing public engagement, development of OA policies, and discussion of sustainable and ethical publishing practices can remove this potential threat.

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Allen Institute for AI Eyes the Future of Scientific Search

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Allen Institute for AI Eyes the Future of Scientific Search

A new search engine called Semantic Scholar helps academics deal with the increasingly enormous volume of academic research.

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What Scientists Should Focus on — and Fear — Under Trump

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What Scientists Should Focus on — and Fear — Under Trump

Nine experts reflect on where researchers should direct their efforts during the next US administration.

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Open Peer Review Finds More Takers

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Open Peer Review Finds More Takers

Journal experiments and surveys suggest scientists are coming round to the idea of publishing review reports. A few journals, such as PeerJ, the BMJ and F1000Research, already embrace open peer review in various different forms.

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Now, More Than Ever, We Must Stand Up for Science

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Now, More Than Ever, We Must Stand Up for Science

The Trump administration is outlining policies that put our response to climate change in deep jeopardy and threaten to change the fundamental direction of science in the U.S.

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PhD Starter Kit – Preparing for Life in Academia

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PhD Starter Kit – Preparing for Life in Academia

A collection of tools that might help your research if you adopt them early enough in your academic career.

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Genetic Technologies – What Are They and Where Might They Take Us?

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Genetic Technologies – What Are They and Where Might They Take Us?

An animation explaining how genetic technologies work, as well as their possible ethical and societal implications; co-produced by the Royal Society and by the Wellcome Trust.

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Do Your Homework

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Do Your Homework

In faculty applications, it's important to highlight that you are a good fit for the department and institution. Customizing faculty applications for different departments is well worth the effort.

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Peer Review Is in Crisis, But Should Be Fixed, Not Abolished

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Peer Review Is in Crisis, But Should Be Fixed, Not Abolished

The traditional mode of publishing scientific research faces much criticism – primarily for being too slow and sometimes shoddily done. Maybe fewer publications of higher quality is the way forward.

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The Global Burden of Journal Peer Review in the Biomedical Literature: Strong Imbalance in the Collective Enterprise

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The Global Burden of Journal Peer Review in the Biomedical Literature: Strong Imbalance in the Collective Enterprise

Mathematical model estimating the overall quantitative annual demand for peer review and the supply in biomedical research.

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In Bold New Step, Dutch Science Academy Holds Women-Only Elections

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In Bold New Step, Dutch Science Academy Holds Women-Only Elections

No male nominees will be accepted in two special election rounds that seek to address gender imbalance.

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Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards

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Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards

2016 winners include journalists from China, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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Twitter Predicts Citation Rates of Ecological Research

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Twitter Predicts Citation Rates of Ecological Research

Twitter activity is a more important predictor of citation rates than 5-year journal impact factor. Moreover, Twitter activity is not driven by journal impact factor; the ‘highest-impact’ journals were not necessarily the most discussed online.

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Infographics on Research Integrity

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Infographics on Research Integrity

The Office of Research Integrity shares a series of infographics addressing the Responsible Conduct of Research and the handling of research misconduct.

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You Can Make GitHub Repositories Archival by Using Zenodo or Figshare

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You Can Make GitHub Repositories Archival by Using Zenodo or Figshare

GitHub is not a solution to the problem of making scripts and software available as part of the permanent record of a publication. But the folk at Zenodo and Mozilla Science Lab (in collaboration with Figshare) have solutions for you now.

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CRISPR Gene-Editing Tested in a Person for the First Time

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Biomedicine

CRISPR Gene-Editing Tested in a Person for the First Time

The move by Chinese scientists could spark a biomedical duel between China and the United States.

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Science Disrupt London Sessions

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Science Disrupt London Sessions

Science is going through a revolution. The world of tech, startups, makers, innovators and collaborators are beginning to be welcomed in to the scientific ecosystem in a way never seen before. Science: Disrupt brings together the innovators, iconoclasts and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science. Join us at Digital Science for our 4th Science Disrupt London Session to Disrupt the Lab!

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Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ in Firing Line

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Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ in Firing Line

Member states are planning to halve an expected increase to both Horizon 2020 and the Erasmus+ budget between 2017 to 2020.

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The Global University Employability Ranking 2016

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The Global University Employability Ranking 2016

The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates

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Robots Beat Academics in Research Challenge

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Robots Beat Academics in Research Challenge

A new study shows computers outshine real-life academics when performing some scholarly research tasks

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UK

Wellcome Open Research

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Wellcome Open Research

Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing.

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Recommendations for the New Administration

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Recommendations for the New Administration

Driving progress and building on success at the National Institutes of Health

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Argentina’s Scientists Engulfed in Budget Crisis

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Argentina’s Scientists Engulfed in Budget Crisis

Cuts could spark an exodus of young talent, some fear

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Biomedicine

Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—And His Family

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Theranos Whistleblower Shook the Company—And His Family

Tyler Shultz says he wanted to shield reputation of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Theranos director; $400,000 in legal fees

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