How We Edit Science Part 2: Significance Testing, P-Hacking and Peer Review
This is the second part in a series on how we edit science, looking at hypothesis testing, the problem of p-hacking and how the peer review process works.
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Editors are more likely to select reviewers of the same gender.
Europe Can Build on Scientific Intuition
Carlos Moedas sees a bold future for the European Research Council and more projects that copy its approach.
How to Resist Threats to Science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy.
Step Out Of The Lab and Engage
Last month I found myself sitting on a leather couch, my black dress smoothed over my knees, in a hushed wood-paneled room in Washington, D.C.
Are Biomedical Researchers Forgetting Females?
Last year, NIH implemented a policy to push scientists to consider how sex affects biological systems. Critics worry it goes too far.
Changing Latin America’s Culture of Insular Science
The region's scientists lament that their research is too often disconnected from the larger scientific world. In the age of Zika, that needs to change.
Mixed Progress on Digital Transformation
A study analysing digital transformation in the publishing industry found that 25 per cent of publishers see themselves as 'lagging' behind the rest of the industry.
Open-Data Contest Unearths Scientific Gems — and Controversy
Hundreds of researchers pick through clinical trial from a major blood-pressure study, to the dismay of some who collected the information.
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
Scientists look to AI for help in peer review.
Science Funding Is a Gamble So Let's Give out Money by Lottery
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The Verdict Is in from the European Digital City Index
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A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions
Researchers at Harvard Medical School said it was time to ponder a startling new prospect: synthetic embryos.
Medical School to Examine whether Professor Published Paper Partly Written by Chemical Company
Medical School to Examine whether Professor Published Paper Partly Written by Chemical Company
Court documents suggest Monsanto helped “ghost write” paper
Predatory Journals Recruit Fake Editor
An investigation finds that dozens of academic titles offered 'Dr Fraud' — a sham, unqualified scientist — a place on their editorial board.
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
When Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor, 48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief.
The Readability Of Scientific Texts Is Decreasing Over Time
The trend is indicative of a growing usage of general scientific jargon.
Yves Meyer, Wavelet Expert, Wins Abel Prize
The French mathematician was cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”
Taking On Chemistry's Reproducibility Problem
Efforts to get to grips with the problem have meant new ideas and technologies are now being brought to bear
Leaked Elsevier Contract Reveals Pushback
On the day of the hearing between Elsevier and the Dutch universities ScienceGuide has uncovered the contract which publicity was the centre of the dispute. The open access paragraph in the contract reveals how Elsevier plans to fight open access every step of the way.
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