My Lessons in Mentorship
When I started formally mentoring undergraduate and graduate students almost 2 years ago, I was excited about the opportunity to help young scientists grow, but I was also nervous about the responsibility.
International Conference on Research for Development
5–8 September 2017, Bern, Switzerland
Cancer Studies Pass Reproducibility Test
Project probing whether high-impact papers can be replicated releases latest results
Decision by Europe’s Top Court Alarms Vaccine Experts
Patients can plead their case for damages even in the absence of scientific evidence, European Court of Justice rules
'Exaggerations' Threaten Public Trust in Science
David Spiegelhalter, president of Royal Statistical Society, says sloppy attitude to statistics leads to misleading claims and draws parallels to rise of fake news
Elsevier Victory over Sci-Hub ‘Shows Research Is Corporate Asset’
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
'Of All the Categories of Fake News, Health News Is the Worst'
Misinformation about well-being is particularly rife, and particularly dangerous.
The Secrets of a Top Salary in Science
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
"Writing Sprints" Can Facilitate Collaboration and Encourage New Ways of Thinking About Academic Writing
"Writing Sprints" Can Facilitate Collaboration and Encourage New Ways of Thinking About Academic Writing
A time-limited exercise in which academics from many disciplines and from all over the world were brought together virtually to produce an academic article.
Changing Expectations: Where Will Your Career Take You?
Exploring research career transitions and shaping research culture in the UK.
Putin Tightens Control over Russian Academy of Sciences
New procedures give president final say in academy's elections.
Survey Reveals Basic Research in Canada Is Falling by the Wayside
The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.
Bad Publishing and Bullied into Bad Science
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
Does Diversity Actually Increase Creativity?
There are probably much better reasons for creating a diverse team and organization than boosting creativity.
Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Science Funding Crisis Fuels Brain Drain
Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes.
Understanding the (Inter)disciplinary and Institutional Diversity of Citizen Science
Understanding the (Inter)disciplinary and Institutional Diversity of Citizen Science
A survey of current practice in Germany and Austria
Why I Left Physics for Economics
I recently decided to abandon the rules that govern nature for the rules that govern people and markets: economics. Why would I do such a thing?
Data Management and Use: Governance in the 21st Century
The British Academy and the Royal Society are carrying out a project examining new uses of data and their implications, and reviewing the data governance landscape.
Academics Strike Back Against Bad Science
Fed up with the relentless pressure to produce reams of jazzed-up findings, a group of junior researchers at the University of Cambridge are fighting back with a campaign called Bullied into Bad Science.
Citations Are Not Enough
Academic promotion panels must take into account a scholar’s presence in popular media.
Opening up the Black Box of Peer Review
Liz Allen looks into what peer review actually tells us and how we use expert opinion.
Some Facts on Sci-Hub That Wikipedia Gets Wrong
Sci-Hub is not a search engine and it stores papers in its own repository.
Cambridge Researchers Fight Back Against ‘Bad Science’
A group of junior researchers at Cambridge have established a campaign against the damaging pressure to produce 'sexier' results
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