Scientists Loved and Loathedby an Agrochemical Giant
With corporate funding of research, “there’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed.”
Top Ten Medical Research Issues and Trends to Watch in 2017
2016 will go down as a year that taught us to question our assumptions. The election of Donald Trump, an outcome
Don't Be A Zero-Sum Reviewer
Don't Be A Zero-Sum Reviewer
Time devoted to research is increasingly precious to us in academia. We chastise ourselves for not being able to keep up with the huge volumes of current literature. If only there was some way that all the latest literature on a particular topic could be packaged together for us, and delivered right to our inbox without us even having to lift a finger! Now, what would we call such an improbable utopia – ah yes, peer review.
Imagining the ‘Open’ University
The potential for open scholarship to improve university research and education, as well asincrease the impact universities can have beyond their own walls.
Open Science and Free Culture
A committment by a young researcher to practice open and good science, and more generally to free culture.
Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science
Fake Medical Journals Are Spreading, And They Are Filled With Bad Science
Fake news has been in the news a lot lately. Fake news proliferated wildly during the 2016 U.S. election, much of it completely fabricated, usually with an extreme partisan bias. Fake news is corrosive. It mis-informs the public, divides people against one another, leads to bad policy decisions, and can even induce people to take action against imaginary threats.
The Proposed Publishers Right Is an Attack on the Public Domain
Traditionally, at the beginning of the new year we celebrated what is known as Public Domain Day: on the first of January of any given year the works of authors who have been dead for more than 70 years enter the public domain. As this is a decisive year for copyright reform in the European Union, it seems much more important to highlight the dangers for the public domain that we are facing in the context of the copyright reform process.
Why STEM Majors Need the Humanities
It’s often argued that studying the liberal arts will enrich the life of the mind. For STEM majors, it can also give them a practical advantage in their careers.
Spraying RNA On Plants Silences A Gene and Protects From Viruses
The technique could be faster and more versatile than developing GMO crops from scratch.
A Manifesto for Reproducible Science
A series of measures improving research efficiency and robustness of scientific findings by directly targeting specific threats to reproducible science.
Where Science and Nonsense Collide
After a decade of progress, Argentina’s scientists are battling a government bent on twisting public conceptions of their role.
This University Has No Teachers, Syllabus or Fees
Paris's École 42 is reinventing education for the future
Transparency and Openness in Science
Among the wider scientific community, there is a widespread dissatisfaction with the current level of transparency and reproducibility in published research and, as part of our response to this, we signed up to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines (https://cos.io/top/).The objective of the TOP guidelines is to encourage transparency, openness and reproducibility in science. By developing shared standards for openness across journals, it is hoped to change the current incentive structures to drive researchers' behaviour towards more openness.
The Impact of Postdoctoral Training on Early Careers in Biomedicine
The Impact of Postdoctoral Training on Early Careers in Biomedicine
While postdocs are necessary for entry into tenure-track jobs, they do not enhance salaries in other job sectors over time.
Science in the Social Media Age
A survey of 2,955 readers of 40 randomly selected science blogs.
‘Scientific Discoveries Aren’t Made to Order’
Nobel prizewinning astrophysicist reflects on the perceptions and realities of how big breakthroughs are made.
10 Things to Know About How to Influence Policy with Research
Research can produce good evidence to inform local, national and international policy that, in turn, has the potential to transform lives for the better. But influencing policy is neither easy nor automatic – you need to want to do it. To be successful, you need to be open to different ways of working. Here are 10 things you need to know.
A Prescription for Better Science (and Better Science Journalism)
In a sweeping manifesto, researchers from the U.S. and Europe have proposed some fixes for vetting published science. It might help science journalism, too.
The Effect of Science and Technology Parks on Firms’ Performance
How can firms benefit most under economic downturns?
Academic Research Can Be Accessible To All. The Art World Shows Us How.
Academic Research Can Be Accessible To All. The Art World Shows Us How.
Shouldn't all research be, first and foremost, accessible? Accessibility underpins equality.
ELPUB 2017
The 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 6 - 8 June, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus.
Gates Foundation Research Can’t Be Published in Top Journals
Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity's open-access mandate.
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