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Can The March For Science, Forged In A Political Firestorm, Stand For Objective Non-Partisan Truth?

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Can The March For Science, Forged In A Political Firestorm, Stand For Objective Non-Partisan Truth?

Can a march spawned by a political firestorm embrace science at its essence, a quest for the complete and objective truth?

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Science Solidarity List

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Science Solidarity List

A list of scientists offering temporary bench or desk space, library access and possibly even accommodation for US-based scientists who are stranded abroad due to the White House Executive Order 13769

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Scientific Method
Reproducibility

The Uncertainties of Scientific Measurements

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Scientific Method
Reproducibility

The Uncertainties of Scientific Measurements

A better understanding of uncertainty may help improve analysis and meta-analysis of data, and help scientists and the public have more realistic expectations of what scientific results imply.

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The Dataverse Project

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The Dataverse Project

An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data.

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Disentangling the Academic Web

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Disentangling the Academic Web

What Might Have Been Learnt From Discogs and IMDB

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How Immigrants Make American Science Great

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How Immigrants Make American Science Great

Who is responsible for producing US science? To a large degree, the answer is: immigrants.

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Who Isn’t Profiting Off the Backs of Researchers?

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Who Isn’t Profiting Off the Backs of Researchers?

Academia.edu, ResearchGate and private publishers all have something in common. 

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Fall in EU, Nursing and Mature Applicants Squeezes the Market

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Fall in EU, Nursing and Mature Applicants Squeezes the Market

Applications to UK universities for full-time undergraduate courses are down 5% this year. David Morris explains where, how, and why this has happened.

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New Top Job in UK Science Goes to Mark Walport

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New Top Job in UK Science Goes to Mark Walport

Chief government science advisor tapped to head incipient umbrella agency for research funding.

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Designing Progressive Enhancement Into The Academic Manuscript

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Designing Progressive Enhancement Into The Academic Manuscript

How to divest from a longstanding print legacy and truly embrace new digital technologies for the dissemination of research output.

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New Open-Access Journal on Public Engagement With Research

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New Open-Access Journal on Public Engagement With Research

A new open-access journal that focuses on the importance of public engagement to research has been published.

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Elsevier Acquires Plum Analytics

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Elsevier Acquires Plum Analytics

Elsevier has announced the acquisition of Plum Analytics from EBSCO Information Services

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Expand Innovation Finance via Crowdfunding

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Expand Innovation Finance via Crowdfunding

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With Research and Funding, Greater Attention Should be Given to Minority Illnesses

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With Research and Funding, Greater Attention Should be Given to Minority Illnesses

Yasmine Tadjine argues that more research funding and charitable donations should be given to less well-known illnesses.

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European Researchers Spin Off Sister Marches for Science

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European Researchers Spin Off Sister Marches for Science

Many “solidarity marches” will be held on the same day as the U.S. March for Science in at least 8 countries

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Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism

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Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, in December 2014. He quit President Trump’s economic advisory council on Thursday.

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The EPA Has Started to Remove Obama-era Information

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The EPA Has Started to Remove Obama-era Information

Federal climate plans created under the former president, tribal assistance programs, and references to international cooperation have been stricken from the EPA’s website

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Building an Open Science MOOC

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Building an Open Science MOOC

Let’s build a MOOC to teach Open Science! Here’s a draft framework already in place, which anyone can contribute to.

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What the Acquisition of Meta Means for Scholarly Publishers

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What the Acquisition of Meta Means for Scholarly Publishers

Meta, a data science company, has been acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, whose aim is to accelerate the pace of scientific advances.

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An Author and Reviewer in Conversation

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An Author and Reviewer in Conversation

An author and reviewer in conversation – the road to FAIRness in scientific publishing

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We’ve Removed Post-PhD Time Restrictions From Our Fellowships

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We’ve Removed Post-PhD Time Restrictions From Our Fellowships

Time restrictions based on the number of years since a researcher was awarded their PhD have been removed from Wellcome fellowship schemes.

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EU Copyright Reform

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EU Copyright Reform

LIBER Joins Leading Research Groups In Call For More Change - LIBER

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Cutting International Science Funding Will Only Hurt America

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Cutting International Science Funding Will Only Hurt America

If Trump tries to improve Americans' lot by cutting international research funding, he'll accomplish just the opposite.

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Open Access

A National Open Access Strategy

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Open Access

A National Open Access Strategy

Toward the Unrestricted Publication of Research Output

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Science Undivided

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Science Undivided

A pledge not to take part in scientific conferences in the United States that cannot be attended by all, regardless of their nationality or religion.

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Scientists Urge Boycott of U.S. Meetings

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Scientists Urge Boycott of U.S. Meetings

Groups protest Trump’s order banning travel from seven Muslim countries.

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Disaster Medicine Scientist Sentenced to Death

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Disaster Medicine Scientist Sentenced to Death

Ahmadreza Djalali, who has appointments in Italy and Belgium, was arrested in April on a trip to Iran.

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Winners and Losers in India’s Science Budget

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Winners and Losers in India’s Science Budget

Government picks biotech and renewable energy among its top priorities

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Single versus Double Blind Reviewing

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Single versus Double Blind Reviewing

The implications for conference program committees of adopting single-blind reviewing.

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It Just Got Much Harder To Know What's Going On In US Animal Research Labs

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It Just Got Much Harder To Know What's Going On In US Animal Research Labs

An entire database on animal research — including documents on the numbers of animals used in each lab, inspection reports, and enforcement actions — has suddenly been taken down from public view.

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